Julai Posted July 13, 2009 Report Posted July 13, 2009 On July 5, 1946, a French engineer called Louis Réard unveiled an outfit "smaller than the world's smallest swimsuit." It arrived with a bang, so named after the nuclear tests at Bikini Atoll, and remains popular to this day. A dressing room on wheels was considered essential for preparing for a swim at Europe's beaches in the 1890s. Ladies would sew weights into the hems of their garments to prevent them from riding up and showing their legs. Fleshing It Out During the 1940s, fashion houses pushed the boundaries of bathing suits, exposing considerably more flesh than ever before. It's a Sin Bikinis were banned from worldwide beauty pageants after the first Miss World Contest in London in 1951. As the tasteful one-piece continued to reign supreme, the bikini was later also banned in Belgium, Italy, Spain and Australia, and it was even declared sinful by the Vatican. Ursula Undress Actress Raquel Welch Cindy Crawford Pamela Anderson Lindsay Lohan Paris Hilton Mariah Carey Geri Halliwell Carmen Electra Kelly Preston Kate Moss Nicole Kidman Kirsten Dunst Drew Rihanna Jessica Cruz Jamie-Lynn Sigler Quote
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