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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.
Actresses in movies like My Favorite Brunette (1947) and the model on a 1948 cover of LIFE were shown in traditional two-piece swimwear, not the bikini. In 1950, Time magazine interviewed American swimsuit mogul Fred Cole, owner of Cole of California , and reported that he had "little but scorn for France's famed Bikinis," because they were ...
The tan lines created by the wearing of a bikini while tanning are known as a bikini tan. These tan lines separate pale breasts, crotch, and buttocks from otherwise tanned skin. [ 276 ] Prominent bikini tan lines were popular in the 1990s, [ 277 ] and a spa in Brazil started offering perfect bikini tan lines using masking tapes in 2016.
This is the chronological history of cover models for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue has grown from being an issue of Sports Illustrated magazine created to fill space at a time of year with little sports news into a major marketing franchise that includes a special separate issue, a website, television specials, calendars, books and enormous ...
The term string bikini first came into use in 1974. [13] There is an urban myth that the Brazilian fashion model Rose di Primo created the first string bikini when she had to sew one with insufficient fabric available to her for a photo shoot. [14]
Lauren Drain is clearly a woman of many talents. The 31-year-old registered nurse is also a certified personal trainer, bikini pro, best-selling author and bikini model.Since launching her fitness ...
[28] In 1964, he created the first topless swimsuit, which he called the "monokini". Gernreich was featured on the cover of Time in December 1967 with models Peggy Moffitt and Leon Bing. The magazine described him as "the most way-out, far-ahead designer in the U.S." [29]
The 40-year-old former Victoria's Secret Angel took to Instagram on Tuesday, Oct. 29, to share a series of photos showing off her super-toned frame in a skimpy string bikini with a watermelon ...