Invent Your Image - The bikini turns 73 today. Louis Reard, french automotive engineer, introduced it at a poolside fashion show while he was running his Mother's lingerie business in 1946 after
![How the Summer of Atomic Bomb Testing Turned the Bikini Into a Phenomenon | At the Smithsonian| Smithsonian Magazine How the Summer of Atomic Bomb Testing Turned the Bikini Into a Phenomenon | At the Smithsonian| Smithsonian Magazine](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/dawuoVBiABmnnzRz_5kpJdMaH5g=/fit-in/1072x0/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/b3/d5/b3d5285b-98aa-4e0b-b21d-f8d517e3a586/u1816604web.jpg)
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![Image of BIKINI. - model Wearing Swimming Suit By Louis Reard May 26, 1955. Full Credit: AGIP - Rue Des Archives / Granger, NYC -- All Rights Reserved. From Granger - Historical Picture Archive Image of BIKINI. - model Wearing Swimming Suit By Louis Reard May 26, 1955. Full Credit: AGIP - Rue Des Archives / Granger, NYC -- All Rights Reserved. From Granger - Historical Picture Archive](https://www.granger.com/wmpix/age/rue/0136545-BIKINI-model-wearing-swimming-suit-by-Louis-Reard-may-26-1955-Full-credit-AGIP---Rue-des-Archives--Granger-NYC----All-Rights-Reserved.jpg)
Image of BIKINI. - model Wearing Swimming Suit By Louis Reard May 26, 1955. Full Credit: AGIP - Rue Des Archives / Granger, NYC -- All Rights Reserved. From Granger - Historical Picture Archive
![The Bikini's Inventor Guessed How Much It Would Horrify the Public | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine The Bikini's Inventor Guessed How Much It Would Horrify the Public | Smart News| Smithsonian Magazine](https://th-thumbnailer.cdn-si-edu.com/xxXR84vrWyExaz9lKpcYZJ3HJbw=/1072x720/filters:no_upscale()/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/85/cf/85cfb374-ac0f-424f-ae36-316c633b78e5/bikini-470-wr.jpg)
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![A Two-Piece Invention: The Son of Jewish Immigrants Who Brought the Bikini to the World - Museum of the Jewish People A Two-Piece Invention: The Son of Jewish Immigrants Who Brought the Bikini to the World - Museum of the Jewish People](https://www.anumuseum.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Brigitte_Bardot_1953_36209530070-1-scaled.jpg)
A Two-Piece Invention: The Son of Jewish Immigrants Who Brought the Bikini to the World - Museum of the Jewish People
![French Embassy U.S. on Twitter: "Today is #bikiniday! #DidYouKnow that the bikini was invented by Parisian engineer Louis Réard? It was first revealed #OnThisDay in 1946. https://t.co/loZSbqZKVy" / Twitter French Embassy U.S. on Twitter: "Today is #bikiniday! #DidYouKnow that the bikini was invented by Parisian engineer Louis Réard? It was first revealed #OnThisDay in 1946. https://t.co/loZSbqZKVy" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DD-y3yNUIAAPpZg.jpg:large)
French Embassy U.S. on Twitter: "Today is #bikiniday! #DidYouKnow that the bikini was invented by Parisian engineer Louis Réard? It was first revealed #OnThisDay in 1946. https://t.co/loZSbqZKVy" / Twitter
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![Vienna model in bikini, 10 years before the official 'invention' of the bikini by Louis Reard, 1936 (b/w photo) by Vienna model in bikini, 10 years before the official 'invention' of the bikini by Louis Reard, 1936 (b/w photo) by](https://images-cdn.bridgemanimages.com/api/1.0/image/600wm.XXX.14076850.7055475/5863862.jpg)