darryus said:
but the wiki page says "A bikini that covers little beyond minimum requirements to avoid nudity charges, with the covering bits connected by generally thin strings."
Although I was kind of wondering why we had two tags for essentially the same thing.
..... someone was incredibly wrong. that describes a micro_bikini
Okay let me see...
bikini was created on 1/22/2017 by "imagoober" ... so it's not an old and well established page or anything.
Okay, more RL bikini women are in the following links.
link | link | link | link | link
Those are all string bikinis. They, technically, cover little beyond breasts and crotch, but then you have stuff like these:
(Again, scantily clad RL women warning)
Those are micro string bikinis. They are both micro_bikini/microkinis and string bikinis at the same time.
Not all microkinis are string bikinis, though MANY of them are:
(Warning, we are going into the realm of nude here. These are real life women who are wearing an extremely small amount of clothing. Like, I could probably wad one of these things up and shove them in to the so-called pocket on my jeans.)
Link - This is ...closest to a sling bikini (SLING not STRING -- these are one pieces that are very revealing... showing off parts of the sides and belly)... it is a microkini and a sling bikini, but is not a string bikini... (well, I mean.. technically it is, but..)
Link - Also a sling micro bikini
Link - This is a bandeaukini-- it has a bandeau top-- which is a top with no shoulder straps.
I found a micro sling bikini that I'm pretty sure is photoshopped onto a nude model and the longer i look at those other pictures the more I'm not sure that they're not the same....
So... To sum up:
A string bikini is a construction method/style.
(Think of it this way: A swimsuit is a skirt. A string bikini is a pleated skirt. A pleated skirt can be long, short or anywhere between the two. It can even be tight, or loose. It can be made out of a stiff material that holds please well, or a loose one. but no matter what, they're all pleated skirts.)
A microbikini indicates the amount of coverage.
(Like a miniskirt. Your miniskirt can be pleated or not pleated. Your miniskirt is goign to be short, but it can range anywhere from "pretty short" to "extremely short".. ... but it can't be long.)
Some microbikinis are string bikinis. Some String bikinis are micro bikinis. but not all. :)
So... yeah, the wiki's incredibly wrong.
Ahem.. now that I've ranted on the topic, I"ll go fix the wiki, haha.
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