A Humurous fact - Where "Bikini" came from

<!-- google_ad_section_end --> <hr style="color: rgb(223, 223, 223);" size="1"> <!-- / icon and title --> <!-- message --> <!-- google_ad_section_start -->In 1946 when the French fashion designer Jacques Heim who invented the two-peace bathing suit was about to reveal his creation, he looked around for a name that would attract a attention.

At that time, the world press was full of accounts of the US military's testing of atomic and hydrogen bombs on the, you guessed it, Bikini atoll. It was a name that was on everyone's lips so the designer adopted it for his new swim suit.

The idea was that it would have as much effect on the beach and an A bomb. (By the way, the original bikini was strapless. Shoulder straps were added later because the tops evolved into being so small that they weren't self supporting.) :q

i was under the impression they were invented in aus.:?

Doesn't matter where they were made, as long as they keep designing them!!!!

never has a woman spent so much $$$$ on so little to cover so much

other than a bottle of perfume

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Originally Posted by weisyboy

i was under the impression they were invented in aus.:?

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Wikipedia attribute the french. It's ambiguous because as you might suspect women have been wearing brief 2 piece outfits throughout recorded history, and this sometimes involved getting wet.

Meh.

How I miss the crochet bikini :) they never bring back the _good_ fashions...

i stand corrected it was the French.

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Doesn't matter where they were made, as long as they keep designing them!!!!

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i am in total agreement.:2tsup:

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Originally Posted by collector

Doesn't matter where they were made, as long as they keep designing them!!!!

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NO i cant agree on this one - it is totaly sexist to want women to wander around in such a breif outfit so as to be veiwed by the male population as a sex object. -- TOTALLY WRONG

It is their choice - nobody is forcing them.

No too many girls can wear them to effect , so if you have it flaunt it.
BTW I am too old to be bothered
les

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Originally Posted by Calm

NO i cant agree on this one - it is totaly sexist to want women to wander around in such a breif outfit so as to be veiwed by the male population as a sex object. -- TOTALLY WRONG

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I agree - there should be less of them!

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Originally Posted by Calm

NO i cant agree on this one - it is totaly sexist to want women to wander around in such a breif outfit so as to be veiwed by the male population as a sex object. -- TOTALLY WRONG

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Keep this up and you will need a new spoon mate

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Originally Posted by AlexS

I agree - there should be less of them!

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They should go around naked?

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Originally Posted by Gingermick

They should go around naked?

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You say that like it's a bad thing?:D

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Originally Posted by Calm

NO i cant agree on this one - it is totaly sexist to want women to wander around in such a breif outfit so as to be veiwed by the male population as a sex object. -- TOTALLY WRONG

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Yeah, they should go around topless, like us blokes do. Now there's equality:2tsup:.