| When women want to get people's attention on | | | | They were named after the Bikini Atoll. The Bikini |
| the beach, they usually wear bikinis. Bikinis or | | | | Atoll is in the Pacific and is one of the islands that |
| two-pieces are a type of women's swimsuit that | | | | make up the Marshall Islands. A few days before |
| has two separate parts. One part covers the | | | | the fashion, they were site of a nuclear weapon |
| breasts while the other part covers the groin. | | | | tests. The reaction to these bikinis was as strong |
| There is an uncovered area of skin between the | | | | as a nuclear bomb. It should be noted that |
| two parts. The shapes of the two parts usually | | | | women in Paris were wearing something like bikinis |
| look women's underwear. The lower parts of | | | | before the French engineer and French fashion |
| bikinis can range from thongs or g-strings to the | | | | designer invented them. You could see pictures of |
| more modest modest square-cut shorts. Bikinis | | | | women wearing bikinis in the July 16, 1945 issue |
| have been worn by women for sports as seen | | | | of Life. The article accompanying the photos called |
| on Greek urns and paintings, dated as early as | | | | them French bathing suits. They couldn't be called |
| 1400 BC. Modern bikinis were invented by a | | | | bikinis yet because the Bikini Atoll nuclear tests |
| French engineer named Louis Reared and a | | | | had not happened yet. Despite not having the |
| fashion designer named Jacque Heim in Paris in | | | | name yet, the Parisian women in the photos |
| 1946. They presented their new invention at a | | | | clearly wearing bikinis in the same style and |
| fashion show on July 5 1946 at the Piscine Molitor | | | | coverage that bikinis usually have. |
| in Paris. They were bikinis with g-string backs. | | | | |