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Louis Réard, French engineer and fashion designer, created the bikini (born 1897)
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Louis Réard
French automobile engineer and fashion designer (1896–1984)
Louis Réard was a French automobile engineer and clothing designer who introduced the modern two-piece bikini in July 1946. He opened a bikini shop and ran it for the next 40 years.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Bikini
Two-piece swimwear
A bikini is a two-piece swimsuit that features one piece on top that covers the breasts, and a second piece on the bottom: the front covering the pelvis but usually exposing the navel, and the back generally covering the intergluteal cleft and some or all of the buttocks. The…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)