"The Thong"
Object type: Bathing suit
Department: Costume Institute
Culture: American
Artist: Rudi Gernreich
Artist bio: American (born Austria), Vienna 1922–1985 Los Angeles, California
Artist role: Designer
Artist nationality: American, born Austria
Date: 1974
Medium: nylon
Credit line: Gift of Rudi Gernreich Revocable Trust, 1985
Accession year: 1985