We want to wish THE BIKINI a very Happy Birthday as it is celebrating its 66th year.
No surprise to discover it was 'invented' by two Frenchmen LOUIS RARD & JACQUES HELM who in 1946 named their new bathing suit after the site of the nuclears weapons site at BIKINI ATOLL in the Marshall Islands. This shocking piece of attire caused its own explosion at the time and at its launch only an unclothed dancer dared wear it.
As it happens two piece swim suits were not that new as any historian could tell you. The first sightings were in Greco-Roman mosaics of the 4th Century but they looked nothing like Bond Girl URSULA ANDRESS when she came out of the ocean dripping wet and looking so utterly fabulous. She made them an essential item of clothing and by the year 2000 it had become a $811 million business annually.
So to celebrate (and encourage the sun to come out more!) here's some of DWS's favourite versions ......
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