• March 29, 2024

CAUTION: Dangerous Curves Up Ahead [SLIDESHOW]

 CAUTION: Dangerous Curves Up Ahead [SLIDESHOW]

Anyone who has ever driven a car knows just how dangerous curves can be. The same cannot be said for those fabulous curves displayed by the ladies in the following slideshow. And whereas some find it troubling to navigate the curves in the road, the same cannot be said of these models. Let’s examine the history of the bikini:

The history of the bikini can be traced back to antiquity. Illustrations of Roman women wearing bikini-like garments during competitive athletic events have been found in several locations.

The most famous of them is Villa Romana del Casale. French engineer Louis Réard introduced the modern bikini, modeled by Micheline Bernardini, on July 5, 1946, borrowing the name for his design from the Bikini Atoll, where post-war testing on the atomic bomb was happening.

French women welcomed the design but the Catholic Church, some media, and a majority of the public initially thought the design was risqué or even scandalous. Contestants in the first Miss World beauty pageant wore them in 1951, but the bikini was then banned from the competition.

Actress Bridget Bardot drew attention when she was photographed wearing a bikini on the beach during the Cannes Film Festival in 1953. Other actresses, including Rita Hayworth and Ava Gardner, also gathered press attention when they wore bikinis. During the early 1960s, the design appeared on the cover of Playboy and Sports Illustrated, giving it additional legitimacy.

Ursula Andress made a huge impact when she emerged from the surf wearing what is now an iconic bikini in the James Bond movie Dr. No (1962). The deer skin bikini Raquel Welch wore in the film One Million Years B.C. (1966) turned her into an international sex symbol and was described as a definitive look of the 1960s.

H/T PopLyft

 

and Wikipedia

And now for the bikini present and other form revealing clothing:

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