Bikini modern diperkenalkan oleh Louis Réard pada 1946 dan menimbulkan kegemparan ketika dipakai di pantai-pantai Perancis pada 1947. Ia menamakan "bikini" menurut Atol Bikini yang menjadi lokasi pengujian bom atom, karena seperti yang dikatakannya efek yang ditimbulkan oleh bikini ini seperti bom atom. Menurut etimologinya sendiri, Bikini berasal dari bahasa Marshall "Pik" yang berarti 'permukaan' dan "Ni" yang berarti 'kelapa.
Bikini merupakan pakaian renang pantai yang paling banyak digunakan di dunia, namun pada perlombaan-perlombaan renang, jenis pakaian renang untuk wanita yang digunakan biasanya adalah pakaian renang satu potong.
Berikut adalah foto-foto bikini dari masa kemasa.. enjoy it..

































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