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Bikinis are a modern day piece of swimwear, used mostly by women who are in good health and shape. While the bikini is also embedded in our culture, as of the year 2005, the bikini bathing suit is only 59 years old. From when the bikini was originally introduced in the year 1946, to the current and latest trends in the year 2005.

While the two piece bathing suit we have come to known and love called the bikini, has only been around for 60 years, it is said that the trends which inspired its design have been around since almost the begining of civilization itself. Bikinis can be found in paintings that are dated to be as old as from the 1500 BC. time period. Mosiac paintings found in around the year 250 AD bikinis were found in the minoan civilization, so it was pretty obvious that the bikinis history began much earlier then the year 1946 -- although it is still when it was exploded.

The bikini was designed and released at almost the same exact time, by two seperate french designers, their names were Jacques Heim and Louis Reard. Heims was a long time swimwear designer, who was working on a two piece suit that would be sold at his beach store. In the same year as he was releasing his bikini, Reard also was producing his very similar two piece bikini. The first official introduction of the bikini into fashion took place on July 5th, 1946 when the French model Micheline Bernardini paraded in a bikini during a French fashion show. The americans who attended the show, simply thought the bikini was way to revealing.

Many americans simply believed that the bikini was way to scandalous for american women to wear, but the bikini made its american release only a year later. Even though this reaction of the bikinis being to small, the original bikinis that were designed in the 1940's and 1950's were fairly modest with their coverage compared to the standards of bikinis today. Bottoms of the bikini were cut above the naval, and the tops of bikinis offered entire breast coverage.

Fashion show in France showing off the first bikinis
	Here is a picture from the debut of the bikini in france, during a poolside fashion show. The women as you can see in this picture, are wearing the first bikinis that were designed by the french designer Reard. The base of the bikinis as you can see are larger, while the tops are similar in size to today. The American Bikinis did not look like this until the 1970's.

In the 1970's, the United States went over a rapid and shocking sexual revolution. Women became much more sexually aware of their bodies, and the fashion and clothing of that time and then onward proved such. Bikini designers revamped the original bikini to be much more revealing. The bottoms of the bikini were cut much lower, and revealed the naval for the first time (In America), and lied just on the hips. The top also left very little to ones imagination, as their coverage was similar to your average bra. The thong bikini was released in the 1980's, and became very popular in the USA. Some bikini designers said that their inspiration for the thong bikini, came from brazil, and the traditional clothing of the amazonion tribes which lived there.