In 1946, fur designer Jacques Heim, debuted the world's smallest swimsuit - and crowns in 'The Atome'...
...then Louis Réard, a Parisian engineer steals Heim's thunder and 'officially' creates the 'Bikini Atoll'. So scandalous was the design that he had to hire a nude dancer Micheline Bernardini to model it. The string bikini exposed a shocking 30 inches of the backside.
Egyptian themed swimsuits by Cole Of California, 1956
A woman in Germany in the 1950s in a more modest swimsuit.
1960s
Edward Quinn – Riviera Cocktail
A police officer issuing a woman a ticket for wearing a bikini on an Italian beach, 1957
