Bikinis were invented by Louis Reard in Paris in
1946 and were named after Bikini Atoll, an island
in the pacific. Bikinis were not really accepted into
modern culture for sometime as they were considered
to be too revealing. Bikinis were actually banned
in 1951 from the Miss World Contest in the united
states.
Opinions towards bikinis did begin to
relax overtime and in 1960 a bikini buying spree
was started by Brian Hyland's pop song "Itsy
Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini"
and bikinis gradually began to catch on and buying
bikinis became more widespread.
Now bikinis are extremely popular worldwide. Bikinis
are now highly popular in the media and appear in
many surf and beach movies and who can forget the
all time classic baywatch.
Ever since thier creation bikinis have gradually
become more and more revealing and have obvious
sex appeal. You can see a trend towards more revealing
styles such as the slingshot, mini, teardrop, minimini,
micro, and, what could be called a double g-string,
the minimicro.
