Some people are convinced that the bald Brazilian look comes directly from porn actors, whose nether regions are hairless for better viewing purposes. But now, no less of a publication than the New York Times has pronounced it: Hairy bush is back. With American Apparel adding merkins to their mannequins, it makes us wonder about the history of pubic hairstyles in the United States. The trimming and removal of pubic hair seems to have begun in the US with the invention of the bikini in the s.