In 1964, Austrian-American fashion designer Rudi Gernreich predicted that the “bosom will be uncovered within five years”. Depressingly, almost 60 years on and women’s nipples are still a long way from being uncensored.
Though he died in 1985, this August would’ve marked 100 years since Gernreich’s birth. And whilst his predictions may have been somewhat hopeful, he worked tirelessly to make them a reality, striving to desexualise and liberate the female form.
