Origin of bikini swimsuit

Bikini was originally just an inconspicuous island in the Marshall Islands in the Pacific Ocean, famous for the detonation of America's first atomic bomb there. A few days later, a Frenchman named Louis Reid designed a new style of swimsuit and named it a bikini. He may also have a hunch that the advent of this swimsuit will surely become an atomic bomb in the fashion industry.

Marilyn Monroe

Prior to this, Frenchman Jacques Heim has launched a similar two-piece swimsuit, and advertised it as "the smallest swimsuit in the world". In response, Reid put forward the slogan of bikinis "smaller than the smallest swimsuit". The swimsuit has a bra-like top with just a thin back strap and triangular trousers with fully exposed legs that can be folded to fit in a matchbox. Because the design was so daring, Red couldn't even find a brave model to show it, and ended up hiring a naked dancer from the Paris casino. In July 1946, they displayed a bikini in a public swimming pool in Paris. Although they were attacked and resented by many conservatives, they were affirmed by more fashion-loving people. In this regard, the French newspaper Le Figaro wrote: "People get a simple pleasure in the sea and the sun. For women, wearing a bikini means a second kind of liberation. There is no gender issue, but the liberation of freedom, The joy of returning to life."

In ancient society, bathing and bathing were regarded as an important way of cleaning and health care. At this time, the swimsuit or bathing clothing mainly plays the role of covering shame and keeping warm, so flannel, cotton wool and other materials are usually used. With the development of the times, swimming has become an increasingly popular form of sport and entertainment, but women still wear heavy swimwear, absorbent fabrics, and long skirts that often cause many women to drown. One of the reasons why men and women shared baths was popular at the time was to facilitate rescue. In 1903, swimming coach Edward Sanders nearly sank by wearing it himself in order to experience the drawbacks of women's swimsuits. In this regard, he said: "Until now, I really understand how serious it is to have more pieces of clothing in the water." The first-hand experience has led Sanders to work on the reform of women's swimwear, calling for the elimination of corsets and petticoat dresses.

At this difficult time, the daring and sexy Hollywood actress has come to the rescue of the controversial bikini, which Marilyn Monroe has made an important part of her personality. In 1962, Bond girl Honey Reed became famous for wearing a white bikini on the show, and it became an iconic moment in bikini fashion history. Shorter, bolder, mesh, sheer and other new swimsuits appeared. In 1964, Rudy Jenris launched the unstructured swimsuit, which is a swimsuit with only swimming trunks and a naked upper body, which is amazing. This daring look is highly sought after and sells well, even if many people just dazzle themselves by wearing it in nowhere. In 1974, Rudy launched a more exaggerated T-shaped swimming trunks. The so-called T-shaped swimming trunks only cover the private parts and expose the buttocks. Although they are not comfortable to wear, they are sexy enough and become the prototype of T-shaped underwear. After that, bikinis began to return to rationality, revealing the body became less important, and high-tech materials and fashionable shapes became the most important.