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Even though it is a real essential today, the bikini hasn\u2019t always been appreciated. In 1932, Jacques Heim shocked the world by creating the \u201cworld\u2019s smallest bathing suit,\u201d called \u201cAtome\u201d. This little bathing suit was composed of bloomers and a bra with ruffles but was a commercial failure. This led to the creation of the first bikini in 1946. Louis R\u00e9ard, a French designer, created the first bikini and promoted it as \u201csmaller than the smallest bathing suit\u201d and named after atomic bomb tests made by the U.S army at Bikini Atoll, in the Marshall Islands.<\/span><\/p>\n

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This bikini appeared for the first time on model Micheline Bernardini, a French nude dancer, at the Piscine Molitor in Paris (a very famous swimming pool at that time). It was considered inappropriate in many countries and only started to be popularized in the \u201950s, thanks to celebrities such as Elizabeth Taylor or Marilyn Monroe. In 1962, Dr. No<\/em> (the first James Bond movie) was released. One of the scenes in the movie that struck viewers the most was the scene where the James Bond girl Honey Ryder (played by Ursula Andress) comes out of the sea in a bikini.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The scene became a classic, as well as the white bikini Andress was wearing. This iconic scene was a turning point in the success of the bikini and made this little piece of cloth really popular. In 1960, Bryan Hyland, a popular American singer, released a famous single: “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini”. The song is about a young shy girl hesitating to\u00a0wear her new polka dot bikini on the beach. At the time of the song’s release, the bikini had been accepted in Europe but was still controversial in the United States.\u00a0 The humorous tone and a pop rhythm of the song, sang by a really young and popular singer (Hyland was only 16 years old), helped a lot in the acceptance of the bikini.<\/span><\/p>\n