White bikini of Ursula Andress
The white bikini worn by Ursula Andress as Honey Ryder in the 1962 James Bond film, Dr. No,
is cited as the most famous bikini of all time and an iconic moment in cinematic and fashion history.
White bikini of Ursula Andress
A bikini is a two-piece swimsuit primarily worn by girls and women 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 back generally covering the intergluteal cleft and a little, some, or all of the buttocks. The size of the top and bottom can vary, from bikinis that offer full coverage of the breasts, pelvis, and buttocks, to more revealing designs with a thong or G-string bottom that covers only the mons pubis, but exposes the buttocks, and a top that covers only the areolae. Bikini bottoms covering about half the buttocks may be described as "Brazilian-cut".
Mexican actress Dolores del Río posing in a publicity photograph for the film In Caliente (1935). Del Río was a pioneer in wearing a two piece swimsuit.
A woman wearing a black bikini at a beach in 2009
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 AD) in Sicily has one of the earliest known bikini images.