Launched by a French automotive engineer, it took its name from the site of a nuclear test, the bikini was an instant failure at that time.
60 years since then, France is set to celebrate the anniversary of the bikini, with due reverence for a garment that changed the fashion world like no other. Parisian store Les Galeries Lafayette is doing an exhibition in homage to the two-piece swimsuit and publisher Assouline has brought out a 396-page guide to its history.
The earliest bikinis were banned as they revealed the belly button, considered indecent in Hollywood at that time.
Bikini clad women now embellish beaches, but the garment popularized only when Hollywood stars Marilyn Monroe and Rita Hayworth were photographed in it.
Pucci turns 60
Pucci, the Italian fashion house is turning 60 with a bang. And they are celebrating the event in style. The guest list includes 250 people, the place is Florence and the dinner at Palazzo Pucci is being hosted by none other than Laudomia Pucci and...
The Sensuous Triangle Bikini
Gorgeous is the word that escaped my mouth when I set my eyes on this amazing set of triangle bikini. The fabulous item comes with a triangle top, as the name suggests, and has detachable soft cups with ties at the back and the neck. The top looks...
The one-piece turns 100
The more modest cousin of bikini, that is the one-piece swimsuit, is turning 100 years old. Born in 1906, in the era of King Edward VII, the scandalous tiny piece of garment designed by Australian swimming champion and film star Annette Kellerman,...
All about bikini
"The Bikini Book" edited by Kelly Killoren Bensimon, editor in chief of Elle Accessories magazine, was published to mark the 60th anniversary of the bikini, the two-piece outfit. The book illustrates a pictorial history of the bikini, showing...
Bikini: Now and then
Those little pieces of fabric known as the bikini were once revolutionary because of what they didn't do: Didn't cover the belly button, didn't hide the belly, didn't mask the swell of the breasts. At the time when bikini was made, it couldn't...
