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How was Bikini invented and why it's called so? Read to know

Modern two-piece bikini was introduced by French designer Louis Réard and was named after Bikini Atoll islands where the US did nuclear bomb testings.

Chhavi Arora

Modern two-piece bikini was introduced by French designer Louis Réard and was named after Bikini Atoll islands where the US did nuclear bomb testings

French automobile engineer and clothing designer, Louis Réard, introduced the modern two-piece bikini in July 1946.The bikini was born at a Paris poolside photo shoot on July 5, 1946, a week before Bastille Day and in the midst a global textile shortage. The designer, former engineer Louis Réard, hired a 19-year-old nude dancer from the Casino de Paris named Micheline Bernardini.

Réard promoted his creation as “smaller than the world’s smallest bathing suit.”
Micheline Bernardini wearing Louis Réard two-piece design

It was named after Bikini Atoll group of islands, because the US did nuclear bomb testings on these islands that made global news. In the picture: Micheline Bernardini wearing Louis Réard two-piece design

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