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bikini

Two-piece version of the women's swimsuit, officially introduced in 1946 in France. By the 1950s bikinis were popular in France, but they did not become acceptable beachwear until the 1960s in the UK and USA.

The name derives from the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, West Pacific, where US atom bomb test explosions were carried out 1946. The bikini was supposed to make a similarly explosive impact.



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When the tests attracted worldwide attention, Louis Reard, a French swimsuit designer looking to name his scandalous two-piece creation, chose "bikini" be cause of the atomic" chain reaction he" predicted it would create.
DEVIANT READINGS(C) by Reverand, Stephen / BOAT/U.S. Magazine
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