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How the Summer of Atomic Bomb Testing Turned the Bikini Into a Phenomenon | At the Smithsonian| Smithsonian Magazine
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National Bikini Day: Who invented the bikini? French engineer Louis Réard designed the skimpy swimsuit - The Washington Post
![Louis Reard, inventor of the modern bikini, hired a nude model, Micheline Bernardini, to wear it for introducing it on July 5th 1946. : r/Damnthatsinteresting Louis Reard, inventor of the modern bikini, hired a nude model, Micheline Bernardini, to wear it for introducing it on July 5th 1946. : r/Damnthatsinteresting](https://i.redd.it/hfhwv5z8z7n61.jpg)
Louis Reard, inventor of the modern bikini, hired a nude model, Micheline Bernardini, to wear it for introducing it on July 5th 1946. : r/Damnthatsinteresting
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You can't call it bikini unless it passes this one test, according to the man who invented it | The Sun
![TIL the inventor of the modern bikini declared it wasn't a real bikini unless it could be “pulled through a wedding ring” and after its modern debut was banned in Belgium, Italy, TIL the inventor of the modern bikini declared it wasn't a real bikini unless it could be “pulled through a wedding ring” and after its modern debut was banned in Belgium, Italy,](https://external-preview.redd.it/wNwOwU4KPe2hnHQKx6XzjSWi1Wb17KsZTheRcUVVLZQ.jpg?auto=webp&s=ee0d689b0a0d1efa59468457d6f5a7c19f413b2a)
TIL the inventor of the modern bikini declared it wasn't a real bikini unless it could be “pulled through a wedding ring” and after its modern debut was banned in Belgium, Italy,
![Lo Que Pasó en la Historia: July 5th: Bikini bathing dress goes on public sale on a display outdoor pool Molitor in Paris, in 1946. Lo Que Pasó en la Historia: July 5th: Bikini bathing dress goes on public sale on a display outdoor pool Molitor in Paris, in 1946.](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-QhBQvilC5DA/VW7uAhPUgyI/AAAAAAAAIIw/W4zthe4T_7s/s400/1.%2BPiazzaArmerina-Mosaik-Bikini.jpg)