The pubikini, with its naughty peek of pubic hair, was plainly for publicity, but with Gernreich nothing was ever that simple. On the day that Newton came to the house in Laurel Canyon to photograph the creation, Gernreich took a ...
2010, Lori Wilde, Sweet Surrender, Harlequin (→ISBN), page 26:
Ninety percent were far too skimpy—string bikinis and thongs and even pubikinis, heaven forbid. She hadn't waxed extensively enough for any of these contenders and besides, she'd never been a two-piece kind of gal.
2013, Eric Silverman, A Cultural History of Jewish Dress, A&C Black (→ISBN)
And let us not forget Rudi Gernreich, an Austrian-Jewish immigrant who, after arriving in the United States in 1938, designed such memorable garments as the thong swimsuit, the topless monokini, and the pubikini.
