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Bikini introduced
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| March 3, 2010
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Posted on 07/05/2021 1:48:10 PM PDT by DFG
On July 5, 1946, French designer Louis Réard unveils a daring two-piece swimsuit at the Piscine Molitor, a popular swimming pool in Paris. Parisian showgirl Micheline Bernardini modeled the new fashion, which Réard dubbed “bikini,” inspired by a news-making U.S. atomic test that took place off the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean earlier that week.
European women first began wearing two-piece bathing suits that consisted of a halter top and shorts in the 1930s, but only a sliver of the midriff was revealed and the navel was vigilantly covered. In the United States, the modest two-piece made its appearance during World War II, when wartime rationing of fabric saw the removal of the skirt panel and other superfluous material. Meanwhile, in Europe, fortified coastlines and Allied invasions curtailed beach life during the war, and swimsuit development, like everything else non-military, came to a standstill.
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KEYWORDS: bernardini; bikini; paris; rard
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The bikini was introduced 75 years ago today.
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posted on
07/05/2021 1:48:10 PM PDT
by
DFG
To: KC_Lion
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posted on
07/05/2021 1:48:41 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: DFG
Pictures of the evolution of the bikini are needed.
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posted on
07/05/2021 1:49:33 PM PDT
by
dynachrome
("I will not be reconstructed, and I do not give a damn.")
To: DFG
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posted on
07/05/2021 1:51:07 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Arm up! They Have!)
To: dynachrome
Pictures needed....
Maybe the modern FReeper needs only views of the bombs being tested on the atoll and doesn’t care about the garment at-all.
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posted on
07/05/2021 1:51:18 PM PDT
by
frank ballenger
(You have summoned up a thundercloud. You're gonna hear from me. Anthem by Leonard Cohen)
To: CodeToad
Interesting mixture of styles.
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posted on
07/05/2021 1:51:58 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
To: wally_bert
What, a blonde and a bikini??
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posted on
07/05/2021 1:52:49 PM PDT
by
CodeToad
(Arm up! They Have!)
To: DFG
I think the Greeks had the bikini.
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posted on
07/05/2021 1:53:11 PM PDT
by
Triple
(Socialism denies people the right to the fruits of their labor, and is as abhorrent as slavery)
To: DFG
Ursula Andress coming out of the sea in that white bikini in Dr. No was a landmark moment for swimwear.
To: DFG
Who invented that itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini?
Asking for a friend.
To: DFG
The greatest invention next to the wheel and beer.
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posted on
07/05/2021 1:57:01 PM PDT
by
Seruzawa
(The political Left is the Garden of Eden of Incompetence - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: DFG
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posted on
07/05/2021 1:58:45 PM PDT
by
a fool in paradise
(Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
To: dynachrome
The gal was cute enough - the bikini wasn’t the greatest looking. The top was okay, but the bottom looked like a huge napkin in front. I was surprised though, her butt was very exposed.
I saw an old photo from the 20’s from up on a beach on a lake. It was all men (and boys) in the water and all were wearing tops in the water. I wonder if they had different swim times for the women?
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posted on
07/05/2021 2:00:53 PM PDT
by
21twelve
(Ever Vigilant. Never Fearful!)
To: CodeToad
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posted on
07/05/2021 2:06:47 PM PDT
by
dinodino
( )
To: DFG
Who starts a bikini thread without pictures?
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posted on
07/05/2021 2:09:42 PM PDT
by
Libloather
(Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
To: CodeToad
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posted on
07/05/2021 2:10:26 PM PDT
by
wally_bert
(I cannot be sure for certain, but in my personal opinion I am certain that I am not sure.)
To: DFG
I remember hearing that by ‘68 the top part would be gone completely, and being highly disappointed when that did not happen. Still hasn’t, except in ways no man would ever want to see.
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posted on
07/05/2021 2:15:13 PM PDT
by
bigbob
To: lee martell
itsy bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot bikini
I remember when that song was on the juke box in most places.
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posted on
07/05/2021 2:21:06 PM PDT
by
dainbramaged
( Your friends might get me in a rush, but not before I make your head into a canoe.)
To: DFG
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posted on
07/05/2021 2:23:25 PM PDT
by
SuperLuminal
(Where is another Sam Adams now that we desperately need him?)
To: DFG
You can thank me later.
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