The bikini, the nuclear explosion that shook fashion and society in the 20th century
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It was July 1946 when an atomic bomb was detonated on Bikini Atoll to study its effect on military ships.
And it was also July 1946 when Micheline Bernardini, a stripper at the Casino de Paris, walked for the first time in a scandalous bikini—no model was willing to wear a garment that covered so little—in a beauty contest that took place in the iconic Molitor pool.
The bikini launch was like an explosion, and its shock wave suddenly pushed men all over the world to grab a pen and paper and write congratulatory letters and at least a hundred marriage proposals to Micheline Bernardini.
The smallest swimsuit ever conceived was the work of Louis Réard, a former automobile engineer who had quit his job to run the lingerie store he inherited from his mother. But what was it that ignited the original idea and led him to design the daring creation?
Apparently, Réard was a regular on the beaches of Saint-Tropez, and there he had noticed how women sunbathing rolled up the edges of their bathing suits to try to achieve a more even tan. And it also seems that Réard was attracted by the Atome, a swimsuit presented by another designer, Jacques Heim, whose name emphasized its small size: it was the first two-piece suit to be advertised as the most pequeño del mundo.
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