Skip to main content

Visit Main Menu Block

  • Hours & Admission
  • Accessibility & Amenities
  • Tours & Group Visits
  • Visitor Guidelines

Exhibitions and Events Main Menu Block

  • Exhibitions
  • Events

Art and Design Main Menu Block

  • Collection
  • Collection Research
  • Past Exhibitions
  • Watch / Listen / Read

Footer Main

  • Become a Member
  • Who We Are
  • Opportunities
  • Rent the Museum

Image

Harmon Knitwear

bikini top

Description

Maker

Harmon Knitwear (American), manufacturer
Rudi Gernreich (American, b. Austria, 1922-1985), designer

Title

bikini top

Year

1971

Medium

  • polyester,
  • cotton,
  • rubber

Materials/Techniques

Techniques

  • polyester,
  • cotton,
  • rubber

Materials

polyester, cotton, rubber

Dimensions

3.8 cm (1 1/2 inches) (center back length) a)

Credit / Object Number

Credit

Walter H. Kimball Fund

Object Number

1995.008A

Type

  • Costume

Related Objects

Related Objects

Rudi Gernreich

Bikini

More objects +

Use & Feedback

Image use

The images on this website can enable discovery and collaboration and support new scholarship, and we encourage their use.

Tombstone

Harmon Knitwear (American), manufacturer
Rudi Gernreich (American, b. Austria, 1922-1985), designer
bikini top, 1971
polyester; cotton; rubber
3.8 cm (1 1/2 inches) (center back length) a)
Walter H. Kimball Fund 1995.008A

To request new photography, please send an email to imagerequest@risd.edu and include your name and the object's accession number.

Feedback

We view our online collection as a living documents, and our records are frequently revised and enhanced. If you have additional information or have spotted an error, please send feedback to curatorial@risd.edu.

RISD Museum

  •  Facebook
  •  Twitter
  •  Instagram
  •  Vimeo
  •  Pinterest
  •  SoundCloud

Footer Main

  • Become a Member
  • Who We Are
  • Opportunities
  • Rent the Museum

Footer Secondary

  • Image Request
  • Press Office
  • Rent the Museum
  • Terms of Use