Trikini

{{short description|Three-piece garment used as beachwear}}

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A trikini is a three-piece garment used as beachwear. The name is formed from bikini, (itself named for Bikini Atoll) replacing "bi-", as if to mean "two", with "tri-", meaning "three".Robert L. Chapman & Harold Wentworth, New Dictionary of American Slang, p. 446, Harper & Row, 1986, {{ISBN|0-06-181157-2}}. Some different interpretations of this bikini variant have appeared over the years.

In the 1960s, fashion designers combined pasties and briefs to create the first trikini.{{cite book|title=The Visual Dictionary of Fashion Design|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8VIy6WfYSEwC&pg=PA180|first1=Gavin|last1=Ambrose|first2=Paul|last2=Harris|publisher=AVA Publishing|date=2007|isbn=9782940373611|page=180}} It appeared briefly in 1967, described as "a handkerchief and two small saucers." In the early 2000s the term trikini was revived for the string bikini – a bikini bottom combined with a stringed halterneck bikini top that has two triangular pieces of cloth to cover the breasts.{{cite book|first=William|last=Safire|title=No Uncertain Terms|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Pj2MsS3v0DYC&pg=PA291|page=291|publisher=Simon & Schuster|year=2004|isbn=0-7432-5812-6}} This style of trikini was used by Dolce & Gabbana in their 2005 Milan show, in a design where "the three pieces of scintillating sequined fabric, barely cover the essentials".{{cite news|agency=Associated Press|url=http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/06/28/1088392608125.html|title=Free and easy|newspaper=The Age|location=Australia|date=29 June 2004}}

In some cases the term trikini is used for a set of three items of clothing sold together, such as a bikini with a tank top or a bikini with a one-piece swimsuit.{{cite news|first=John|last=Karl|url=http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-27747407_ITM|title=Under cover Designers are wrapping swimsuits with stylish designs|newspaper=Sarasota Herald Tribune|date=8 February 2000|access-date=28 April 2020|archive-date=12 January 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112081550/http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-27747407_ITM|url-status=dead}} For their 2007 Milan show Dolce & Gabbana presented a trikini consisting of a conventional two-piece bikini with a band of rhinestones around the waist.{{cite web|first=Katia|last=Dolmadjian|url=http://lifestyle.iafrica.com/fashion/fashion_features/594814.htm|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090204034813/http://lifestyle.iafrica.com/fashion/fashion_features/594814.htm|archive-date=4 February 2009|title=The hottest trends from Milan|website=iAfrica|date=28 September 2007}}

In 2004 the Brazilian fashion designer Amir Slama created a trikini consisting of two small pieces of silk, each functioning as a cup and a sash, which were connected with a string.{{cite news|first=Amy|last=Diluna|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2004/09/11/2004-09-11_for_those_who_dare__he_does_.html|title=For those who dare, he does bare: Brazilian designer reinvents itsy-bitsy, teeny-weeny bikini|newspaper=NY Daily News|date=11 September 2004|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090211063422/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/2004/09/11/2004-09-11_for_those_who_dare__he_does_.html|archive-date=11 February 2009}} In 2008 the Israeli fashion designer Gideon Oberson created a two-piece bathing suit which he described as a trikini. It combined a pair of conventional bikini bottoms with a bathing top that had bra cups and waist elastic and resembled a tank top. The intention was that it could be worn on its own on the beach or combined with a skirt or a pair of shorts in other locations.{{cite news|first=Meredith Price|last=Levitt|url=https://www.jpost.com/arts-and-culture/fashion/sabra-style-sizzling-summer-swimwear|title=Sabra Style: Sizzling summer swimwear|date=19 June 2008|newspaper=The Jerusalem Post}}

In 2020, as a response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the fashion industry, a variety of trikini was created by Italian fashion designer Tiziana Scaramuzzo, consisting of a conventional two-piece bikini with a matching face mask.{{cite web |title=Coronavirus, sarà l'estate del trikini: il costume abbinato alla mascherina. FOTO {{!}} Sky TG24 |url=https://tg24.sky.it/cronaca/photogallery/2020/04/26/coronavirus-italia-trikini-foto.html#11 |website=tg24.sky.it|date=26 April 2020 }}{{cite news |last1=Deabler |first1=Alexandra |title=Italian designer launches 'trikini' beachwear design, complete with matching bikini and mask set |url=https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/italian-designer-trikini-beachwear-matching-bikini-mask |accessdate=13 May 2020 |work=Fox News |date=12 May 2020}}{{cite news |title=Coronavirus: New 'trikini' trend boasts bikini & matching face masks |url=https://www.capitalfm.com/news/coronavirus/trikini-trend-bikini-face-masks/ |accessdate=13 May 2020 |work=Capital |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Prasad |first1=Amrita|title=Bikinis, saris or LBDs: Post corona, all your outfits may come with matching masks in 2020 |url=https://bangaloremirror.indiatimes.com/bangalore/others/bikinis-saris-or-lbds-post-corona-all-your-outfits-may-come-with-matching-masks-in-2020/articleshow/75388567.cms |accessdate=28 April 2020 |work=Bangalore Mirror |language=en}}{{cite news |last1=Concolino |first1=Nives |title=Trikini, il costume da bagno con la mascherina |url=https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/cronaca/trikini-con-mascherina-1.5124109 |accessdate=28 April 2020 |newspaper=il Resto del Carlino |date=26 April 2020 |language=it |trans-title=Trikini, the Swimsuit with the Mask }}