Bombshell .

Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini’ She was afraid to come out in the open, She was afraid someone would see her…

In 1946 July 1st, 66 year ago America exploded an atom bomb over Bikini Atoll an island in the Pacific. By sheer coincidence Louis Reard a French automotive engineer completed his quest to create the world shortest swimwear. In an inspired moment he named it the “Bikini “unfortunately it bombed in the marketplace with a cold reception from the fashionistas.

It took the sizzling bombshell and French actress Brigitte Bardot to revive the flagging interest, when she appeared clad in this revealing Bikini in the movie Marina in 1952. I still remember another Bombshell Bo Derek who appeared in the sizzling movie “Blow Hot Blow Cold”.

However it was only in 1962 when Ursula Andress, walked out in a white bikini in the James Bond movie D NO that it made waves and made a splash in fashion circles, since then the French Riviera and other beaches were flooded with women wearing bikinis and suntanning became popular. It also gave birth to the Brazilian bikini wax.

Today the bikini has outlived every fashion fad and was also the official uniform of the women’s Olympic Volleyball team. Yet the Bikini is still banned in public places like parks, station and streets and Governments in Islamic countries like Malaysia, Egypt, and Kuwait are debating on a total ban. Yet the Bikini unfazed has grown into a $ 13 billion industry would wide -Tracking Origins ETC-