![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)
July 5, 1946: The Bikini Was Introduced and Soon Became a Summer Staple for American Women - Lifetime
![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)
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
![Ahlbeck, Germany. 30th June, 2020. Jürgen Kraft, swimwear collector shows a bikini by the French fashion designer Réard from 1953. 1953's bikini, which looks very well-behaved today, is made of cotton without Ahlbeck, Germany. 30th June, 2020. Jürgen Kraft, swimwear collector shows a bikini by the French fashion designer Réard from 1953. 1953's bikini, which looks very well-behaved today, is made of cotton without](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2C5BHB7/ahlbeck-germany-30th-june-2020-jrgen-kraft-swimwear-collector-shows-a-bikini-by-the-french-fashion-designer-rard-from-1953-1953s-bikini-which-looks-very-well-behaved-today-is-made-of-cotton-without-elastane-rard-gave-this-name-to-his-new-two-piece-only-after-the-us-american-atomic-bomb-tests-at-the-bikini-atoll-in-1946-a-few-days-before-the-fashion-show-today-july-5-is-considered-bikini-day-on-july-5-the-bikini-is-given-a-museum-in-bad-rappenau-around-1200-exhibits-are-to-be-on-display-in-the-bikiniartmuseum-in-future-credit-stefan-sauerdpaalamy-live-news-2C5BHB7.jpg)
Ahlbeck, Germany. 30th June, 2020. Jürgen Kraft, swimwear collector shows a bikini by the French fashion designer Réard from 1953. 1953's bikini, which looks very well-behaved today, is made of cotton without
DW Euromaxx - 💥👙 When Louis Réard presented the first ever bikini to the world on 5 July 1946 in Paris, the expected scandal broke out. Named after the place where just
![The 'Bikini' was named after Bikini Atoll, a Pacific island where the US detonated its 1st peacetime nuclear weapons test four days prior. The designer, Louis Réard, hoped the name would create The 'Bikini' was named after Bikini Atoll, a Pacific island where the US detonated its 1st peacetime nuclear weapons test four days prior. The designer, Louis Réard, hoped the name would create](https://i.redd.it/lk7ysj3jtg971.jpg)
The 'Bikini' was named after Bikini Atoll, a Pacific island where the US detonated its 1st peacetime nuclear weapons test four days prior. The designer, Louis Réard, hoped the name would create
![The Bikini Is Named After The Bikini Atoll Where The US Tested Atomic Bombs - South Florida Reporter The Bikini Is Named After The Bikini Atoll Where The US Tested Atomic Bombs - South Florida Reporter](https://southfloridareporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Bikini-Day.jpg)
The Bikini Is Named After The Bikini Atoll Where The US Tested Atomic Bombs - South Florida Reporter
![The swimsuit named for an atomic test site, and other familiar things named after less familiar places | South China Morning Post The swimsuit named for an atomic test site, and other familiar things named after less familiar places | South China Morning Post](https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/d8/images/methode/2020/03/17/3dbb960a-643e-11ea-8e9f-2d196083a37c_image_hires_174420.jpg)
The swimsuit named for an atomic test site, and other familiar things named after less familiar places | South China Morning Post
![The Bikini, Named After The Bikini Atoll, Was Originally To Be Named "Atom" - South Florida Reporter The Bikini, Named After The Bikini Atoll, Was Originally To Be Named "Atom" - South Florida Reporter](https://southfloridareporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/National-Bikini-Day-July-5-1-e1498513814866.jpg)