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趣说比基尼

几千年过后的20世纪早期，女性对泳衣非常保守。泳衣完全遮盖了腿部、手臂和身体。20世纪40年代期间，欧洲女性开始显露皮肤，因为二战时的定量配给使得制造商减少了制作泳衣的面料用量。但是，直到1946年，比基尼热才开始真正升温。

Women waited years for a bikini and then two came along! Parisian designer Jacques Heim debuted the atome, the world's smallest swimsuit. That same year, Louis Reard, a Parisian engineer, unveiled an even smaller suit to the world - made from just 30 inches of fabric. Named after Bikini Atoll, the Pacific Ocean site famous as the site of the first atomic bomb test, Reard hoped his invention would be just as explosive.

女性等了多年比基尼，后来一并出来了两款!巴黎设计师雅克·埃姆设计出了首款比基尼"原子"，也是当时世界最小的泳衣。同年，巴黎工程师路易斯·雷尔德向世界公布了一款更小的泳衣——仅用了30英寸的面料。雷尔德将其命名为"比基尼岛"，希望他的发明像原子弹一样具有爆炸性。比基尼岛是太平洋上的一座岛屿，因首次试爆原子弹而闻名。

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Beaches across the world tried to ban the bikini - the revelation of a woman's belly button was considered scandalous, even in the Fifties. But Reard received 50,000 fan letters proving public opinion felt otherwise. Hollywood heavyweights Marilyn Monroe, Rita Hayworth and Bridget Bardot were soon pictured frolicking on many a beach in such a two-piece.