Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue

Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue
The first swimsuit issue cover, released on January 20, 1964, featuring Babette March
EditorM. J. Day
CategoriesMagazine
FrequencyYearly
First issueJanuary 20, 1964
CompanySports Illustrated
(Authentic Brands Group)
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Websiteswimsuit.si.com

The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue is published annually by American magazine Sports Illustrated and features female fashion models, celebrities and athletes wearing swimwear in various locales around the world. The highly coveted cover photograph has been considered as the arbiter of supermodel succession.[1] The issue carries advertising that, in 2005, amounted to US$35 million in value.[1] First published in 1964, it is credited with making the bikini, invented in 1946,[2] a legitimate piece of apparel.[3]

Since 1964, the issue had been published every February, but starting in 2019, the issue was made available in May.[4][5]

  1. ^ a b Curtis, Bryan (February 16, 2005). "The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue: An intellectual history". Slate. Retrieved November 11, 2007.
  2. ^ Hoover, Elizabeth D. (July 5, 2006). "60 Years of Bikinis". American Heritage Inc. Archived from the original on September 9, 2007. Retrieved November 13, 2007.
  3. ^ Mendelsohn, Aline (July 23, 2006). "The bikini celebrates 60 years". Lincoln Journal Star. Archived from the original on July 6, 2008. Retrieved November 13, 2007.
  4. ^ "Sports Illustrated shifts Swimsuit Issue to May, when it's actually bikini season". USA Today. Associated Press. January 15, 2019. Retrieved January 30, 2019.
  5. ^ "The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue will come out in May". Swimsuit | Si.com. SI.com. Retrieved April 19, 2019.