Yet long before conversations about gender fluidity, body positivity, sexual liberation and unisex dressing entered the mainstream, one designer was already exploring them with extraordinary audacity. His name was Rudy Gernreich. Today, his legacy is often reduced to a single garment: the infamous topless swimsuit that shocked the world in 1964. But to remember Gernreich solely for the Monokini is to overlook one of the most visionary minds fashion has ever produced. He was n