Memorial Day Swimwear: Bathing Suits, Bikinis, & Other Iconic Swimsuit Images (PHOTOS, POLL)

Happy Memorial Day! Summer is now in full swing with Monday's barbecues and bronzing by the pool, so we'd like to take a moment to remember our favorite swimsuits. From Phoebe Cates's infamous front-clasped bikini top to Pam Anderson's Baywatch one-piece to Obama's trunks in Hawaii, take a look and tell us which bathing suit has you most inspired.

 

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Marilyn Monroe

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[DalKimball82]

04:06 PM on 06/01/2010

Since you included the Obama's (why I have no idea) let's include the Reagans

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_BpDNdb-o2MU/SZP0ZczoeOI/AAAAAAAAAds/FtwOcsOJ6Sg/s320/Picture+10.png

[awarg]

04:02 PM on 06/01/2010

Marilyn Monroe puts all those others to shame!!

[LeftRightLeftRight]

11:07 AM on 06/01/2010

Wow...there are some ugly people on this list.

[copelli21]

10:39 AM on 06/01/2010

How you include a Barbie doll and not include Halle Berry in that orange 2 piece swimsuit coming out of the water in the James Bond movie, Die Another Day?

Are ya'll on crack?!

[TomJoad1965]

03:51 AM on 06/01/2010

Happy B-day MM!

[MicheleCA]

12:23 AM on 06/01/2010

Why are the Obamas in here?

[garystartswithg]

10:44 PM on 05/31/2010

when does the huffpo porn channel start?

can't believe the best you could do w guys was phelps and obama -- remember greg louganis? he gave every straight man watching the olympics their own special stupid sexy flanders moment. there was a spread with rock hudson and his "roommate" in their little swin toggles that shocked everyone that figured it out. which in the united states was about 3 people because this country is really really stupid.

[lillibelle]

08:30 PM on 05/31/2010

My father was the delivery boy for a florist in Southampton during his teens. He was a skinny, freckled redhead. Well, while making his deliveries, he knocked on the door and who answered? Marilyn, herself, with barely anything on!

Oh, how I loved listening to him describe her...beyond gorgeous - in the flesh - sans makeup...or much else.

[CreativeKitty]

09:10 PM on 05/31/2010

Thank you for sharing your fathers wonderful story. I can only imagine what The Hampton's were like back then. A lot less crowded, and a fairly quiet place to spend the summer!

[TomJoad1965]

02:20 AM on 06/01/2010

Lucky kid!

[awarg]

04:03 PM on 06/01/2010

Dad was the envy of the neighborhood!!!

[killerbarbie]

05:18 PM on 05/31/2010

what are the Obama´s doing here? Please stop this stupid propaganda...

[faretheewell]

11:29 AM on 05/31/2010

Can't believe that they left out the James Bond scene with Halle Berry coming out of the surf.

[killerbarbie]

05:21 PM on 05/31/2010

they change Helle Berry for Michelle Obama...

http://www.movie-moron.com/wp-content/gallery/top-tens/worst-james-bond-movies-halle-berry.jpg

http://naturalfake.files.wordpress.com/2010/04/michelle-obama-shorts.jpg

[santiago sherwood]

06:56 PM on 05/31/2010

They might as well put Putin in their or worse netayahu in a Speedo. Absolutely revolting

[Pennsanic]

06:19 AM on 05/31/2010

I think they all look great. It's interesting how body ideals change over time. But Demi Moore, who ordinarily looks healthy and strong, looks anorexic in the photo on the left. Her legs look like sticks.

[blondebeblonde]

01:10 PM on 05/31/2010

I read somewhere that she had liposuction before shooting this film, which could account for the hollowed-out thighs look. She was at her best in GI Jane.

[foryourinfo]

07:04 PM on 05/31/2010

I know she works out - but get real - she's how old? She looks younger than her daughter Rumor....

[StylesBitchly]

02:55 AM on 05/31/2010

Let's hope summer is finally here...

[ilovecandy]

12:57 AM on 05/31/2010

Barbie? WTF?

[blondebeblonde]

01:11 PM on 05/31/2010

Wasn't that funny? It made me laugh that they included Barbie. But I have to wonder at the inclusion of Barack and Michelle Obama??

[ilovecandy]

02:13 PM on 05/31/2010

That was weird too, but I chock it up to them being celebrities.

[noaxe397]

12:22 AM on 05/31/2010

Tacky putting the First Family in this group.

Plus, the supermodels from the previous era (Tiegs, Ireland, Derrick) sure did have unremarkable, somewhat boyish, straight line figures.

How come nothing from Jane Mansfield?

[RedRat]

11:06 PM on 05/30/2010

I guess I must be a misanthrope because I never found Monroe all that sexy, and this was indeed back in my day. I never understood what her mystique was, but clearly John Kennedy saw something. Give me Raquel Welch, Demi Moore, Bridget Bardot, or the any of the gaggle of women in Sports Illustrated any day.

[noaxe397]

12:24 AM on 05/31/2010

She gave off the impression of being infantile and helpless and that appeals to mens' sense of being the protector.

She was listed at 5'4" and 140 lbs. Let's face it, today we'd be calling her a plus model.

[foryourinfo]

07:06 PM on 05/31/2010

S.I.C.K. Take your med's grandpa.....and watch that heart.....Those "girls" in SI are young enough to be your great-grandaughters! YUK.....

[noaxe397]

12:57 AM on 06/01/2010

Do you speak/read English?