Pictures of Micheline Bernardini Wearing the First Bikini, And the Story Behind the Debut of “The World's Smallest Bathing Suit” in 1946 ~ Vintage Everyday
![Women Wearing Polka Dot Bikini Near Water - Montego Bay 1946 Photograph by War Is Hell Store - Fine Art America Women Wearing Polka Dot Bikini Near Water - Montego Bay 1946 Photograph by War Is Hell Store - Fine Art America](https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/3/women-wearing-polka-dot-bikini-near-water-montego-bay-1946-war-is-hell-store.jpg)
Women Wearing Polka Dot Bikini Near Water - Montego Bay 1946 Photograph by War Is Hell Store - Fine Art America
![Women in Bikini Tanning at Deligny Swimming Pool in Paris, July 1946 Photograph by French School - Pixels Women in Bikini Tanning at Deligny Swimming Pool in Paris, July 1946 Photograph by French School - Pixels](https://images.fineartamerica.com/images/artworkimages/mediumlarge/1/women-in-bikini-tanning-at-deligny-swimming-pool-in-paris-july-1946-french-school.jpg)
Women in Bikini Tanning at Deligny Swimming Pool in Paris, July 1946 Photograph by French School - Pixels
![Josselin Brémaud on Twitter: "The bikini first revealed #OTD in 1946. Named after the US nuclear tests ocurring at the same time in the Bikini atoll. #NationalBikiniDay https://t.co/Nc64cNDsHX" / Twitter Josselin Brémaud on Twitter: "The bikini first revealed #OTD in 1946. Named after the US nuclear tests ocurring at the same time in the Bikini atoll. #NationalBikiniDay https://t.co/Nc64cNDsHX" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DD_mUlqU0AAxH5i.jpg)
Josselin Brémaud on Twitter: "The bikini first revealed #OTD in 1946. Named after the US nuclear tests ocurring at the same time in the Bikini atoll. #NationalBikiniDay https://t.co/Nc64cNDsHX" / Twitter
![July 5, 1946: The Bikini Was Introduced and Soon Became a Summer Staple for American Women - Lifetime July 5, 1946: The Bikini Was Introduced and Soon Became a Summer Staple for American Women - Lifetime](https://cropper.watch.aetnd.com/cdn.watch.aetnd.com/sites/5/2018/06/Bikini.jpg?w=548)
July 5, 1946: The Bikini Was Introduced and Soon Became a Summer Staple for American Women - Lifetime
![1940s bikini fashion. It's a sunny day and the blonde young woman is wearing a typical 1940s two piece bathing suit or bikini. The pattern of the fabric is an eyecatching design 1940s bikini fashion. It's a sunny day and the blonde young woman is wearing a typical 1940s two piece bathing suit or bikini. The pattern of the fabric is an eyecatching design](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/PR9EP5/1940s-bikini-fashion-its-a-sunny-day-and-the-blonde-young-woman-is-wearing-a-typical-1940s-two-piece-bathing-suit-or-bikini-the-pattern-of-the-fabric-is-an-eyecatching-design-with-vertical-and-horizontal-lines-in-black-and-white-sweden-1946-photo-kristoffersson-ref-ac129-2-PR9EP5.jpg)
1940s bikini fashion. It's a sunny day and the blonde young woman is wearing a typical 1940s two piece bathing suit or bikini. The pattern of the fabric is an eyecatching design
![World War II, liberation and the bikini: The history of the bikini and how its creation relates to our world today | 12news.com World War II, liberation and the bikini: The history of the bikini and how its creation relates to our world today | 12news.com](https://media.12news.com/assets/KPNX/images/db96b883-d872-451c-b625-299af402300d/db96b883-d872-451c-b625-299af402300d_1140x641.jpg)