Topic: Celebrating the 61st anniversary of the bikini . With Pics :P (Read 2358 times)

kingcool1432 · « **on:** July 04, 2007, 04:53:59 PM »

According to official history, the 5th July marks the 61th anniversary of the modern bikini. Invented by French engineer Louis

Reard and fashion designer Jacques Heim in Paris in 1946, it was named after the Bikini Atoll, the site of nuclear weapon tests

in the Marshall Islands, on the supposed reasoning that the excitement it would cause would be like the impact of an atomic

bomb. Popular in France immediately, it initially caused controversy in many countries and it took until the 1960's before it

became truly universal, helped by the numerous film depictions and the growth of mass tourism.

kingcool1432 · « **Reply #1 on:** July 04, 2007, 04:54:35 PM »

Sicily. Piazza Armerina, medieval city. Villa Romana.

kingcool1432 · « **Reply #2 on:** July 04, 2007, 04:55:42 PM »

New York City. 1947.

kingcool1432 · « **Reply #3 on:** July 04, 2007, 04:56:18 PM »

AUSTRIA. 1953.

kingcool1432 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 04, 2007, 04:56:53 PM »

FRANCE. Ile-de-France. Yvelines. 1955.

kingcool1432 · « **Reply #5 on:** July 04, 2007, 04:57:27 PM »

The election of Miss Poland. First election of a beauty-queen in Communist Poland

kingcool1432 · « **Reply #6 on:** July 04, 2007, 04:58:11 PM »

GERMANY. West Berlin. 1958

kingcool1432 · « **Reply #7 on:** July 04, 2007, 04:58:40 PM »

CUBA. Havana. 1959. Bikini model on rooftop

kingcool1432 · « **Reply #8 on:** July 04, 2007, 04:59:12 PM »

USA. California. Los Angeles. US actress Marilyn MONROE. 1960

kingcool1432 · « **Reply #9 on:** July 04, 2007, 04:59:46 PM »

G.B ENGLAND. London. Ursula Andress. Actress. Swiss-born glamour star of internatonal films. Shown when she was 26 and making the James Bond film Dr. No. 1962

kingcool1432 · « **Reply #10 on:** July 04, 2007, 05:00:36 PM »

Austrian actress Romy SCHNEIDER. 1963

kingcool1432 · « **Reply #11 on:** July 04, 2007, 05:01:07 PM »

USA. Georgia. Atlanta. 1963. Jayne MANSFIELD posing poolside at a motel

kingcool1432 · « **Reply #12 on:** July 04, 2007, 05:01:51 PM »

USA. Chicago, IL. 1966. Playboy founder Hugh HEFNER with a Playboy bunny at his mansion

kingcool1432 · « **Reply #13 on:** July 04, 2007, 05:02:42 PM »

FRANCE. Alpes-Maritimes. Saint-Jean Cap Ferrat. 1976

kingcool1432 · « **Reply #14 on:** July 04, 2007, 05:03:31 PM »

UKRAINE. Yalta. 1988

kingcool1432 · « **Reply #15 on:** July 04, 2007, 05:04:15 PM »

BRAZIL. Buzios.1990

kingcool1432 · « **Reply #16 on:** July 04, 2007, 05:05:06 PM »

ISRAEL. Tel-Aviv. 1996. Modelling bikinis made by Gottex, which exports extensively. 1996

kingcool1432 · « **Reply #17 on:** July 04, 2007, 05:05:48 PM »

USA. Miami Beach, Florida. 1999

kingcool1432 · « **Reply #18 on:** July 04, 2007, 05:06:38 PM »

Macedonian girls at the "Miss Maedonia 2001" competition. July 2001

LosingNow · « **Reply #19 on:** July 04, 2007, 08:48:29 PM »

Great Pics.

Ursula (U)ndressing!

Copacabana is the place to be ..

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