This controversial swimsuit has a fascinating story to tell.
The bikini, as it's known, was first worn in the mid-20th century (which is, when you think about it, isn't too far back). Although earlier Romans indeed had two-piece swimwear, it is believed that the very first bikini in the form used is the result of Louis Read, a French designer, and engineer, in 1946. In 1946, Read was working at the lingerie shop of his mother.
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He designed a two-piece swimming suit that "showed lots of skin" according to the standards at the time, so professional models were hesitant to model it since it was "too unattractive." (What do they imagine if they observe the Kardashians wearing transparent clothes today!)
So Read was forced to look for a while until he came across the Parisian casino dancer Micheline Bernardini, who was 19 years old at the time of his 1946 summer show. It is also believed that she was the one who suggested the name. It is believed that she informed Read she thought the suit "was more powerful in comparison to what was known as the Bikini bomb" (referring to the nuclear bomb test conducted in Bikini Atoll, in Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands in the South Pacific and was so powerful that it destroyed all plants on the island and left the island "naked").
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Photograph of the first bikini made by Louis Read on July 5, 1946, in the Molitor swimming pool in Paris.
Then a joke was circulating saying that the "bikini has broken the electron." In the same year, the Fashion creator Jacques Heim -- also French released the same design but not quite as big and was dubbed Atome.
French stars like Brigitte Bardot were the first to wear bikinis on the beach in Cannes or St. Tropez as a symbol of freedom. This led to the practice in France and later in a few European countries. But the bikini sat for a while in America and certain Catholic European nations to be finally accepted.
In the 1950s in the 1950s United States, there was an overwhelming consensus that no woman of decent character would wear this European creation. The opposition was so strong that, in the year that the initial Miss World competition was held and the winner Kimi Hakansson from Sweden Kiki Hakansson of Sweden was awarded the title in a bikini and a t-shirt, pope Pius XII declared his disapproval and nations like Spain and Ireland threatened to not participate in the future. There was such controversy fueled by feminist groups that the other beauty contests prohibited wearing bikinis.
In the meantime, increasing numbers of Hollywood models opted to sport the bikini, including Ava Gardner, Rita Hayworth, Marilyn Monroe, and Elizabeth Taylor. There is a lot of speculation that they were doing it to capitalize on the fame that the bikini was generating. However, this publicity increased the bikini's popularity and visibility in the public eye. It wasn't considered a ballerina with no nuds in Paris and was associated with the top style icons from that day.
In the 1960s, there were songs composed about bikinis ("Itsy Bikini, Bitsy bikini," written by Brian Hyland, reached #1 on Billboard), and the bikini began appearing in the film industry, like the famous case of white bikini Ursula Andress wore in the 1962 James Bond film Dr. No.
With time, new fabrics (such as Lycra) and designs are more miniature than Louis Reard's, which has turned the bikini business into one of the biggest and most lucrative in the fashion world. (Haven't you thought when you thought about how a tiny amount of cloth could be so expensive?)
There is now an array of fashions that are more provocative than others; however -except for that of the Middle East -- it is widely accepted to wear a bikini. Many talk about diets and working out to attain the"summer "bikini figure."
So times do change. Are the Kardashians' incredibly transparent clothing one day be seen as usual? We'll never know! We could go back to the look that was worn by Eve.
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