For as long as fashion has existed, few items of clothing have carried as much weight — emotional, cultural, even historical — as swimwear. The bikini, the one-piece, the tankini, the high-waisted retro set, even the humble cover-up, all come with layers of meaning far beyond fabric and thread. Swimwear is not just about the …
It was meant to be a day for handshakes, not headlines. Buffalo wore its Pan-American Exposition like a crown—electric lights strung along fairgrounds that looked like a city invented by hope, gondolas sliding across a man-made lake, pavilions named for progress and promise. On September 6, 1901, President William McKinley, a veteran with a calm …
