beach-goers, who use sungas, might be seen walking the streets around the beach, however it is not permitted to enter shops or bars just wearing a sunga - more importantly most hotels and residential apartments require a shirt to enter the building or a social elevator, so individuals coming back from the beach should be midful of full clothing coverage.

 bathing suits for women host a variety of styles and are dependent on individual comfort levels - for cariocas, bikinis were a symbol of innovation and freedom, when first introduced, and to this day are an important part of the local beach culture.

created in france in the 1940s, by Louis Réard, bikinis became popular in brazil in the 1960s when french actress brigitte bardot introduced it in the resort town of búzios, and Tom Jobim and Vinícius de Moraes included in the bossa nova hit song 'garota de ipanema'.