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The Bikini, Named After The Bikini Atoll, Was Originally To Be Named "Atom" - South Florida Reporter
![The 'Bikini' was named after Bikini Atoll, a Pacific island where the US detonated its 1st peacetime nuclear weapons test four days prior. The designer, Louis Réard, hoped the name would create The 'Bikini' was named after Bikini Atoll, a Pacific island where the US detonated its 1st peacetime nuclear weapons test four days prior. The designer, Louis Réard, hoped the name would create](https://i.redd.it/lk7ysj3jtg971.jpg)
The 'Bikini' was named after Bikini Atoll, a Pacific island where the US detonated its 1st peacetime nuclear weapons test four days prior. The designer, Louis Réard, hoped the name would create
![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)
July 5, 1946: The Bikini Was Introduced and Soon Became a Summer Staple for American Women - Lifetime
![Josselin Brémaud on Twitter: "The bikini first revealed #OTD in 1946. Named after the US nuclear tests ocurring at the same time in the Bikini atoll. #NationalBikiniDay https://t.co/Nc64cNDsHX" / Twitter Josselin Brémaud on Twitter: "The bikini first revealed #OTD in 1946. Named after the US nuclear tests ocurring at the same time in the Bikini atoll. #NationalBikiniDay https://t.co/Nc64cNDsHX" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DD_mUlqU0AAxH5i.jpg:large)
Josselin Brémaud on Twitter: "The bikini first revealed #OTD in 1946. Named after the US nuclear tests ocurring at the same time in the Bikini atoll. #NationalBikiniDay https://t.co/Nc64cNDsHX" / Twitter
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Ahlbeck, Germany. 30th June, 2020. Jürgen Kraft, swimwear collector shows a bikini by the French fashion designer Réard from 1953. 1953's bikini, which looks very well-behaved today, is made of cotton without
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