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National Bikini Day: Who invented the bikini? French engineer Louis Réard designed the skimpy swimsuit - The Washington Post
Pictures of Micheline Bernardini Wearing the First Bikini, And the Story Behind the Debut of “The World's Smallest Bathing Suit” in 1946 ~ Vintage Everyday
![Women in Bikini Tanning at Deligny Swimming Pool in Paris, July 1946 Art Print by French School - Bridgeman Prints Women in Bikini Tanning at Deligny Swimming Pool in Paris, July 1946 Art Print by French School - Bridgeman Prints](https://render.fineartamerica.com/images/rendered/default/print/7.5/8/break/images/artworkimages/medium/1/women-in-bikini-tanning-at-deligny-swimming-pool-in-paris-july-1946-french-school.jpg)
Women in Bikini Tanning at Deligny Swimming Pool in Paris, July 1946 Art Print by French School - Bridgeman Prints
![1940s bikini fashion. It's a sunny day and the blonde young woman is wearing a typical 1940s two piece bathing suit or bikini. The pattern of the fabric is an eyecatching design 1940s bikini fashion. It's a sunny day and the blonde young woman is wearing a typical 1940s two piece bathing suit or bikini. The pattern of the fabric is an eyecatching design](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/PR9EP5/1940s-bikini-fashion-its-a-sunny-day-and-the-blonde-young-woman-is-wearing-a-typical-1940s-two-piece-bathing-suit-or-bikini-the-pattern-of-the-fabric-is-an-eyecatching-design-with-vertical-and-horizontal-lines-in-black-and-white-sweden-1946-photo-kristoffersson-ref-ac129-2-PR9EP5.jpg)
1940s bikini fashion. It's a sunny day and the blonde young woman is wearing a typical 1940s two piece bathing suit or bikini. The pattern of the fabric is an eyecatching design
![July 5, 1946: The Bikini Was Introduced and Soon Became a Summer Staple for American Women - Lifetime July 5, 1946: The Bikini Was Introduced and Soon Became a Summer Staple for American Women - Lifetime](https://cropper.watch.aetnd.com/cdn.watch.aetnd.com/sites/5/2018/06/Bikini.jpg)