![National Bikini Day: Who invented the bikini? French engineer Louis Réard designed the skimpy swimsuit - The Washington Post National Bikini Day: Who invented the bikini? French engineer Louis Réard designed the skimpy swimsuit - The Washington Post](http://img.washingtonpost.com/rf/image_960w/2010-2019/WashingtonPost/2018/07/01/Local-Enterprise/Images/Photo_Gallery-Bond_at_50-Girls-080ba.jpg)
National Bikini Day: Who invented the bikini? French engineer Louis Réard designed the skimpy swimsuit - The Washington Post
ABC News on Twitter: "TODAY IN HISTORY: On this day in 1946, the first bikini, created by Louis Reard, was modeled by Micheline Bernardini during a poolside fashion show in Paris. https://t.co/nF2HiskKP8
![Image of BIKINI. - model Wearing Swimming Suit By Louis Reard May 26, 1955. Full Credit: AGIP - Rue Des Archives / Granger, NYC -- All Rights Reserved. From Granger - Historical Picture Archive Image of BIKINI. - model Wearing Swimming Suit By Louis Reard May 26, 1955. Full Credit: AGIP - Rue Des Archives / Granger, NYC -- All Rights Reserved. From Granger - Historical Picture Archive](https://www.granger.com/wmpix/age/rue/0136545-BIKINI-model-wearing-swimming-suit-by-Louis-Reard-may-26-1955-Full-credit-AGIP---Rue-des-Archives--Granger-NYC----All-Rights-Reserved.jpg)
Image of BIKINI. - model Wearing Swimming Suit By Louis Reard May 26, 1955. Full Credit: AGIP - Rue Des Archives / Granger, NYC -- All Rights Reserved. From Granger - Historical Picture Archive
![A police officer issuing a woman a ticket for wearing a bikini on an Italian beach, 1957 - Rare Historical Photos A police officer issuing a woman a ticket for wearing a bikini on an Italian beach, 1957 - Rare Historical Photos](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jOC22kgORh4/WAGGPFMGC3I/AAAAAAAALcc/1LjRgghA1i4XiFBnLVWzQW78gtfLQNorQCLcB/s1600/wearing_bikini_ticket.jpg)
A police officer issuing a woman a ticket for wearing a bikini on an Italian beach, 1957 - Rare Historical Photos
![Bikini News Daily - July 5th marks the anniversary of the invention of the bikini in 1946! National Bikini Day Bikini News Daily - July 5th marks the anniversary of the invention of the bikini in 1946! National Bikini Day](http://bikininewsdaily.com/street/tho/13838e05b39a564affedfd845a097d9d750fb66e29711d84c83638d59e46a695.jpg)