page_title: Trikini
section_title: Variations
hierarchical_section_title: Trikini / Variations
caption_attribution_description: English: Microkini?
context_page_description: A trikini is a three-piece garment used as a beachwear. The three pieces are sold together, such as a bikini with a tank top. A bikini with a one-piece suit is also sometimes called a trikini. Its name is formed from bikini, replacing "bi-", as if to mean "two", with "tri-", meaning "three". In response to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on fashion, a new variety of trikini was designed – including a matching face mask.
context_section_description: The trikini appeared briefly in 1967, defined as "a handkerchief and two small saucers." It reappeared a few years ago as a bikini bottom with a stringed halter of two triangular pieces of cloth covering the breasts.
  Dolce & Gabbana designed trikinis for Summer 2005 as three pieces of scintillating fabric that barely cover the wearer.
  Another variation on the bikini in which  including a conventional two-piece with a glitzy band of rhinestones round the waist.
  Israeli designer Gideon Oberson, known for his artistically inspired bathing suits, calls a two-piece suit but looks like a tank top that can be worn with a skirt or a pair of shorts designed by him a trikini.
  Brazilian designer Amir Slama calls two scraps of silk connected with string he designed for skinny women a trikini.
  During the 2019-20 coronavirus pandemic, a new variation of trikini, with two pieces for the body and a face mask was designed. Indian film actress Kajol popularized the idea of this trikini.
caption: A woman wearing a trikini
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