An Introduction To Bikini Swimsuits

On July 5, 1946, French designer Louis Réard unveiled a bold two-piece swimsuit in Paris. The showgirl Micheline Bernardini modeled the bold swimsuit, which Réard named it bikini. The name of bikini inspired by the atomic bomb test held by the United States earlier this week on the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean.

Before the birth of bikini

Before the invention of bikini swimsuits, European women first began wearing two-piece swimsuits in the 1930s, consisting of a suspender top and shorts, but with only a small midsection exposed and the navel carefully covered. In the United States, modest two-pieces was appeared during World War II because wartime rationing of fabrics is not enough.

A bikini is born

In 1946, when western Europeans rejoiced in the first summer without war in years, French designers came up with fashions that fit the people’s mood. Two French designers, Jacques Heim and Louis Réard, developed two kinds of prototypes for the bikini. Heim described his swimsuit the atom and called it the world's smallest swimsuit. Réard’s swimsuit is just a bra top with two inverted triangles connected by a string, which is actually much smaller. Réard advertises his creations as “smaller than the world's smallest swimsuit.” Réard called his swimsuit a bikini, named by the Bikini Atoll.

When planning the debut of his new creation, Réard had a hard time finding a model willing to wear the bikini because most women thought that bikini swimsuits are too shameless, so then he turned to Micheline Bernardini, who were not afraid to be nearly nude in public.

Nowadays, the liberation brings the mass of bikini swimsuits to the beaches and other occasions. What’s more, there are different types of bikini swimsuits with various colors, patterns, uses and designs for females to choose. If you want to get yourself a stylish bikini swimsuit, you can now visit Kameymall for more information.