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HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIKINI: 65 Years In The Life Of The Two-Piece
Business Insider ^
| 7/05/11
| Simone Foxman
Posted on 07/07/2011 2:59:16 AM PDT by Libloather
HAPPY BIRTHDAY BIKINI: 65 Years In The Life Of The Two-Piece
Simone Foxman | Jul. 5, 2011, 5:31 PM
From ridicule to ubiquity, the bikini has come a long way over the past 65 years.
It was on this date in 1946 that French fashion designer Louis Réard hired a nude dancer to sport his two-piece creation after the runway models he approached refused to wear it.
But despite provoking controversy -- centering around everything from morality to skin cancer to liposuction -- it is clear that the teenie weenie suit is here to stay.
Click here to see the most iconic moments in the history of the bikini >
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 65; bikini; birthday; godsgravesglyphs; happy; mosaic; romanempire
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To: Libloather
I knew I wouldn’t regret clicking on this thread.
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posted on
07/07/2011 10:42:55 AM PDT
by
Brett66
(Where government advances, and it advances relentlessly , freedom is imperiled -Janice Rogers Brown)
To: Libloather
This thread needs more pics:
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posted on
07/07/2011 10:44:18 AM PDT
by
GenXteacher
(He that hath no stomach for this fight, let him depart!)
To: GenXteacher
And another:
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posted on
07/07/2011 10:48:09 AM PDT
by
GenXteacher
(He that hath no stomach for this fight, let him depart!)
To: Libloather
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posted on
07/07/2011 11:00:04 AM PDT
by
acad1228
(Palin/Watts in 2012!!!)
To: GenXteacher
And one more:
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posted on
07/07/2011 11:02:52 AM PDT
by
GenXteacher
(He that hath no stomach for this fight, let him depart!)
To: Eastbound
Which came first? The Chicken or the egg?The rooster?
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posted on
07/07/2011 11:03:41 AM PDT
by
N. Theknow
(POTUS Fauxbama (Poseur of the United States))
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posted on
07/07/2011 11:04:39 AM PDT
by
TheOldLady
(FReepmail me to get ON or OFF the ZOT LIGHTNING ping list.)
To: GenXteacher
Okie Dokie
To: tlb
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posted on
07/07/2011 11:07:30 AM PDT
by
Lee'sGhost
(Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
To: Libloather
That is, without doubt, the best foto of her I’ve ever seen.
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posted on
07/07/2011 11:08:55 AM PDT
by
Lee'sGhost
(Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
To: Constitution Day
Thought you’d want to help celebrate.
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posted on
07/07/2011 11:13:15 AM PDT
by
Lee'sGhost
(Johnny Rico picked the wrong girl!)
To: AFreeBird
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posted on
07/07/2011 11:21:00 AM PDT
by
GenXteacher
(He that hath no stomach for this fight, let him depart!)
To: GenXteacher
Just another day at the beach
Scarlett Johansson
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posted on
07/07/2011 11:24:12 AM PDT
by
Vendome
("Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it anyway")
To: Vendome
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posted on
07/07/2011 11:31:40 AM PDT
by
GenXteacher
(He that hath no stomach for this fight, let him depart!)
To: GenXteacher
Dang’d right.
I’ll take women for all they will take me for, Alex...
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posted on
07/07/2011 11:51:25 AM PDT
by
Vendome
("Don't take life so seriously... You'll never live through it anyway")
To: Libloather
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posted on
07/07/2011 11:58:12 AM PDT
by
Pollster1
(Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
To: Libloather
Another thread to go in my *History* favorites category.
I mean history is history........Right.
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posted on
07/07/2011 12:11:56 PM PDT
by
The Cajun
(Palin, Free Republic, Mark Levin, Rush, Hannity......Nuff said.)
To: Pollster1
That Farrah poster is iconic and awesome, but that isn’t a bikini.
To: VRWCmember
That Farrah poster is iconic and awesome, but that isn’t a bikini. I know, but I think that detail can be overlooked for Farrah.
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posted on
07/07/2011 12:52:41 PM PDT
by
Pollster1
(Natural born citizen of the USA, with the birth certificate to prove it)
To: Pollster1
You make a good point (as did Farrah for that matter).
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