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Bikini - Modern origin | | Bikini - Modern origin: Encyclopedia II - Bikini - Modern origin | | The modern bikini was invented by engineer Louis Reard in Paris in 1946 (introduced on July 5), and named after Bikini Atoll, the site of nuclear weapon tests in the Marshall Islands, on the reasoning that the burst of excitement it would cause would be like the atomic bomb.
Reard's suit was a refinement of the work of Jacques Heim who, two months earlier, had introduced the "Atome" (named for its size) and advertised it as the world's "smallest bathing suit". Reard split the "atome" even smaller, but could not find a model who would dare to wear his design. He ended up hiring Micheline Bernardini, a nude dancer ...
See also:Bikini, Bikini - Modern origin, Bikini - Bikinis in modern culture, Bikini - Evolution of the bikini, Bikini - Media depiction, Bikini - Images of Roman bikinis, Bikini - External link | | | Bikini, Bikini - Bikinis in modern culture, Bikini - Evolution of the bikini, Bikini - External link, Bikini - Images of Roman bikinis, Bikini - Media depiction, Bikini - Modern origin, Bikini waxing, Brazilian waxing, Bikini contest, Microkini | | |
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Bikini - Modern origin
The modern bikini was invented by engineer Louis Reard in Paris in 1946 (introduced on July 5), and named after Bikini Atoll, the site of nuclear weapon tests in the Marshall Islands, on the reasoning that the burst of excitement it would cause would be like the atomic bomb.
Reard's suit was a refinement of the work of Jacques Heim who, two months earlier, had introduced the "Atome" (named for its size) and advertised it as the world's "smallest bathing suit". Reard split the "atome" even smaller, but could not find a model who would dare to wear his design. He ended up hiring Micheline Bernardini, a nude dancer from the Casino de Paris, as his model.
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