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