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A bikini is a women's two-piece swimsuit that features one piece on top that covers the breasts, and a second piece on the bottom: the front covering the pelvis but usually exposing the navel, and the
Group of women in bikinis at Surfer's Paradise
Operation Crossroads was a nuclear test series at the Bikini Atoll, and the inspiration for the naming of two French swimsuit designs at the time, including the bikini.
The ancient Roman Villa Romana del Casale (286–305 CE) in Sicily has one of the earliest known bikini-type images.
Loose chemises from the 1900s.
Bikini variants
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Many stylistic variations of the bikini have been created. A regular bikini is a two-piece swimsuit that together covers the wearer's crotch, buttocks, and breasts. Some bikini designs cover larger po
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…swimwear and underwear. By the late 20th century, it was widely used as sportswear in beach volleyball and bodybuilding. There are a number of modern stylistic variations of the design used for marketing purposes and as industry classifications, including monokini, microkini, tankini, trikini, skirtini, thong, and g-string…
Micheline Bernardini, a nude dancer from the Casino de Paris, wearing the first bikini at the Piscine Molitor (Miller Swimming Pool) in Paris in 1946. Since the bikini was introduced by the fashion designer Louis Réard it has generated a number of variations, often smaller and more revealing than the original.
Woman wearing a string bikini in Sunrise, Florida in 2006
Rudi Gernreich's original 1964 monokini
A yellow microkini in Sunrise, Florida in 2006