• Some indigenous cultures and tribes have perhaps the longest history of wearing little to no clothing

• In the Western world, athletes often competed in the nude in ancient Greece's Olympics

• In late 19th-Century British India, modern naturism clubs emerged

• In the US, organised naturism traces its origins to 1929 when three German residents of New York met to discuss founding a nudist association in the Micholob Café

• In 1974, the New York Times reported that social nudity was experiencing a wave of popularity in the US

• In the 1920s and '30s, naturism gains popularity in the UK