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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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To: Hot Tabasco
I saw Brian Hyland perform that song - Seattle, early 70’s. He was part of a rock and roll revival tour that also featured Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley, Bill Haley and the Comets plus a few others. Back when a show like that cost $7 for a ticket.
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To: reintarnation
Wheere did you find a picture of all my Ex Wives?
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To: Secret Agent Man
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To: Bikkuri
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07/05/2021 4:18:23 PM PDT
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exinnj
To: reintarnation
For what?
A see a picture full of someone elses’ problems.
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Secret Agent Man
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To: DFG
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Ruy Dias de Bivar
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To: Bikkuri
And then the hippo and whale lover had to ruin it all for the rest of us.
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To: DFG
Just so we keep in with the cancel culture.. d;^)
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CopperTop
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To: CopperTop
Whoot! There it is. Whoot! There it is.
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MHGinTN
To: CopperTop
Why did I suddenly start singing “I wish I was in Dixie” in my head?
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To: exinnj
Well, the person I replied to said, “evolution” of bikinis.. so it is a true fact :P
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Bikkuri
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To: drSteve78
Speak for yourself.. I never said I liked that. I was showing the ‘evolution’, as the OP mentioned.
Carry-on.
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Bikkuri
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To: Secret Agent Man
That brought to mind a Mad Magazine cartoon from 60 years ago with the same point.
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