In clothing, a bodysuit, or body, is a leotard-like garment that may or may not have snaps at the crotch. A leotard is a Skin-tight one-piece garment that covers the torso and body but leaves the legs free It is usually form-fitting and sleeved, although some are sleeveless and are cut alike a tank top. Although bodysuits for men do exist, they are more commonly worn by girls and women as items of lingerie, as underwear, or as foundation garments. Lingerie is a term for fashionable and alluring women's Undergarments It derives from the French word linge, "washables" — as in faire le linge Undergarments are clothes worn under other clothes often next to the skin A foundation garment (also known as shapewear or shape-wear) is an Undergarment designed to change the wearer's shape producing a more fashionable figure Bodysuits may be also be worn as a top for the smooth line it gives or because it cannot become untucked from one's trousers or skirt.
Azzedine Alaia and Donna Karan helped make the bodysuit a defining item of eighties fashion. Azzedine Alaia (عز الدين عليّة original - Alaïa pronunciation - Aliya is a Tunisian-born fashion designer particularly successful in the 1980s Donna Karan is the Fashion designer and the creator of the DKNY ( D onna K aran N ew Y ork clothing label
Onesies (or snapsuits) are bodysuits for younger children and toddlers. Onesie or onesize is American English for a Bodysuit for Infants designed to conceal a Diaper when worn