![PA Media on Twitter: "On this day in 1946: the first ever bikini was unveiled in Paris. Below models wear styles from 1946, 1966 and 1986 https://t.co/KNNxBenX7X" / Twitter PA Media on Twitter: "On this day in 1946: the first ever bikini was unveiled in Paris. Below models wear styles from 1946, 1966 and 1986 https://t.co/KNNxBenX7X" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CkBKc2JXEAAXx8l.jpg)
PA Media on Twitter: "On this day in 1946: the first ever bikini was unveiled in Paris. Below models wear styles from 1946, 1966 and 1986 https://t.co/KNNxBenX7X" / Twitter
![Photos: Celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Bikini - Parade: Entertainment, Recipes, Health, Life, Holidays Photos: Celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Bikini - Parade: Entertainment, Recipes, Health, Life, Holidays](https://parade.com/.image/ar_1:1%2Cc_fill%2Ccs_srgb%2Cfl_progressive%2Cq_auto:good%2Cw_1200/MTkwNTc5MDkxMDU2MjQwNTA4/women-model-bikinis-in-a-london-1975-ftr.jpg)
Photos: Celebrate the 70th Anniversary of the Bikini - Parade: Entertainment, Recipes, Health, Life, Holidays
![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?w=548)
July 5, 1946: The Bikini Was Introduced and Soon Became a Summer Staple for American Women - Lifetime
![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/Kszca-YCDGA8LWz94Fji3bxgzhY=/1000x750/filters:no_upscale():focal(541x86:542x87)/https://tf-cmsv2-smithsonianmag-media.s3.amazonaws.com/filer/99/ee/99ee0cb4-117d-4528-a0e3-6a5e2285a164/be064855web.jpg)
How the Summer of Atomic Bomb Testing Turned the Bikini Into a Phenomenon | At the Smithsonian| Smithsonian Magazine
![A police officer issuing a woman a ticket for wearing a bikini on an Italian beach, 1957 - Rare Historical Photos A police officer issuing a woman a ticket for wearing a bikini on an Italian beach, 1957 - Rare Historical Photos](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jOC22kgORh4/WAGGPFMGC3I/AAAAAAAALcc/1LjRgghA1i4XiFBnLVWzQW78gtfLQNorQCLcB/s1600/wearing_bikini_ticket.jpg)
A police officer issuing a woman a ticket for wearing a bikini on an Italian beach, 1957 - Rare Historical Photos
![The first bikini could fit in a matchbox - a history of the world's skimpiest swimming costume - The Sunday Post The first bikini could fit in a matchbox - a history of the world's skimpiest swimming costume - The Sunday Post](https://www.sundaypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/13/2018/07/PA-6433388.jpg)
The first bikini could fit in a matchbox - a history of the world's skimpiest swimming costume - The Sunday Post
Q97.9 - On this day back in 1946 designer Louis Reard introduced the first ever Bikini at press conference in Paris. He described the bikini as '4 triangles of nothing'. The bikini
![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)