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(Original Caption) What's going on here? Well, What's on is "The Thong" by Rubi Gernreigh for Bob Cunnigham. (patent still pending). Gernreigh says the unisex swimsuit evolves from several sources: the "String", the "Mawashi", which as a loin cloth worn at sumo wrestlers, a swimming outfit used by young Austrian workers in the 1930's, and a thong sandal.

(Original Caption) What's going on here? Well, What's on is "The Thong" by Rubi Gernreigh for Bob Cunnigham. (patent still pending). Gernreigh says the unisex swimsuit evolves from several sources: the "String", the "Mawashi", which as a loin cloth worn at sumo wrestlers, a swimming outfit used by young Austrian workers in the 1930's, and a thong sandal.