The ghost in the string bikini

Bikini is the largest of the twenty-six islands in the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. The twenty-six islands have a total land area of 7. Bikini has drawn considerable attention since the relocation of the resident Bikinians in so that the atoll could be used as a test site for atomic and nuclear weapons by the U.

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From Bardot to Graf, from ground zero to grass, here's the skinny on the two-piece. And if you happen to be the kind of person-let's face it, if you happen to be the only person-who really does read the articles in the swimsuit issue, then you already know that last year witnessed the 50th anniversary of the invention of the bikini from the Latin bi, meaning "two," and kini, meaning "square inches of Lycra". What you may not have considered is this: We now stand poised at a historical crossroad, a crucial cleavage in the history of the swimsuit.

The adorable two-piece swimsuit that you bought especially for your summer vacation to the beaches of Cancun was not a true bikini, not unless you were able to fold it neatly inside of a matchbox or wedding ring and stow that tiny bundle of belly-baring freedom in your carry-on bag. Rationing of fabrics for military purposes drove up the hemlines of most clothing, helping spur the transition from one-piece, jumper style swimsuits to shorter and more fitted two-pieced separates. Photographs of the year-old dancer from the Casino de Paris in a newsprint-pattern string bikini holding a matchbox in her hand quickly made their way across the world.

Swimsuits are an item of clothing designed to be worn while participating in activities involving water, such as water sports and swimming. It is also common to see swimsuits being used for summer activities, such as sun bathing and beach sports, being used as undergarments for specialized diving clothing such as wetsuits, and also worn to display the human body as seen in various magazines. In Annette Kellermanan "underwater ballerina" from Australia, created controversy in America for wearing a skin-tight swimsuit that exposed her arms, legs, and neck.

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