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Evidence of bikini-style women's clothing has been found as early as 5600 BC, and the history of the bikini can be traced back to that era. Illustrations of women wearing bikini-like garments during competitive athletic events in the Roman era have been found in several locations, the most famous of which is at Villa Romana del Casale. [1]
A bikini is a two-piece swimsuit primarily worn by women that features one ... designers Shivan Bhatiya and Narresh Kukreja invented the bikini-saree popularised by ...
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue was invented by Sports Illustrated editor Andre Laguerre in 1964. He asked fashion reporter Jule Campbell to go on a shoot to fill space, including the cover, with a beautiful model. The first issue, released in 1964, entailed a cover featuring Babette March and a five-page layout.
New York inventor Andrew Schneider invented a solar bikini in 2011 covering it with 40 flexible photovoltaic cells feeding into a USB connection that can plug straight into an iPod. Two hours of sunbathing is claimed to be enough to charge an iPod Shuffle. [86]
Louis Réard (French pronunciation: [lwi ʁeaʁ]; 10 October 1896 – 16 September 1984) was a French automobile engineer and clothing designer who introduced the modern two-piece bikini in July 1946. [1] He opened a bikini shop and ran it for the next 40 years.
Wagner, now 54, made her bikini debut in First For Women magazine. The actress, who plays Felicia Jones on the longtime daytime soap opera, rocked a teeny red bikini -- and she looked incredible!
[43] [44] He introduced his design four days after the first test of a nuclear weapon at the Bikini Atoll. The newspapers were full of news about it and Reard hoped for the same with his design, hence the name. [45] [46] Through the 1950s, it was thought proper for the lower part of the bikini to come up high enough to cover the navel. From the ...
A Taiwanese woman was slapped with a fine over her tiny bikini bottoms while vacationing in the Philippines this week. Tourist fined for wearing nearly non-existent bikini: 'It was literally a string'