A bikini is a two-piece swimsuit primarily worn by girls and women that features one piece on top that covers the breasts, and a second piece on the bottom: the front covering the pelvis but usually exposing the navel, and the back generally covering the buttocks. While the name "bikini" was initially applied only to beachwear that revealed the wearers navel, today the fashion industry considers any two-piece swimsuit a bikini. Modern bikini fashions are characterized by a simple, brief design: two triangles of fabric that form a bra and cover the womans breasts and a third that forms a panty cut below the navel that covers the groin and the intergluteal cleft. Bikini waxing is the epilation of pubic hair beyond the bikini line by use of waxing. The bikini line delineates the part of a womans pubic area to be covered by the bottom part of a bikini, which means any pubic hair visible beyond the boundaries of a swimsuit. Visible pubic hair is widely culturally disapproved, considered to be embarrassing, and often removed.
In addition to the traditional definition, the term "bikini" can also refer to a mans brief swimsuit or a pair of low-cut briefs. The term "bikini" may also encompass various styles, including the thong bikini, g-string bikini, Brazilian bikini, Rio bikini, traditional bikini, brief bikini, and hot shorts/boy shorts bikini. Therefore, the term "bikini" has evolved to cover a wider range of styles for both women and men, and it is more of a general term than a specific cut.
