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5th September 2008, 09:56 PM #1
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A Humurous fact - Where "Bikini" came from
In 1946 when the French fashion designer Jacques Heim who invented the two-peace bathing suit was about to reveal his creation, he looked around for a name that would attract a attention.
At that time, the world press was full of accounts of the US military's testing of atomic and hydrogen bombs on the, you guessed it, Bikini atoll. It was a name that was on everyone's lips so the designer adopted it for his new swim suit.
The idea was that it would have as much effect on the beach and an A bomb. (By the way, the original bikini was strapless. Shoulder straps were added later because the tops evolved into being so small that they weren't self supporting.)
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5th September 2008, 10:01 PM #2
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i was under the impression they were invented in aus.
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6th September 2008, 10:20 AM #3
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Doesn't matter where they were made, as long as they keep designing them!!!!
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6th September 2008, 10:27 AM #4
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never has a woman spent so much $$$$ on so little to cover so much
other than a bottle of perfume
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6th September 2008, 10:47 AM #5
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Wikipedia attribute the french. It's ambiguous because as you might suspect women have been wearing brief 2 piece outfits throughout recorded history, and this sometimes involved getting wet.
Originally Posted by weisyboy
i was under the impression they were invented in aus.
Meh.
How I miss the crochet bikini
they never bring back the _good_ fashions...
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6th September 2008, 11:46 AM #6
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i stand corrected it was the French.
i am in total agreement.Doesn't matter where they were made, as long as they keep designing them!!!!
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7th September 2008, 01:27 AM #7
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NO i cant agree on this one - it is totaly sexist to want women to wander around in such a breif outfit so as to be veiwed by the male population as a sex object. -- TOTALLY WRONG Originally Posted by collector
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7th September 2008, 02:27 AM #8
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It is their choice - nobody is forcing them.
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7th September 2008, 07:32 AM #9
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No too many girls can wear them to effect , so if you have it flaunt it.
BTW I am too old to be bothered
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7th September 2008, 11:50 AM #10
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7th September 2008, 02:14 PM #11
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Keep this up and you will need a new spoon mate Originally Posted by Calm
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10th September 2008, 02:21 PM #12
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They should go around naked? Originally Posted by AlexS
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10th September 2008, 04:38 PM #13
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10th September 2008, 06:01 PM #14
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Yeah, they should go around topless, like us blokes do. Now there's equality Originally Posted by Calm
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