Бикини придумал француз по имени Луи Реар. Он был автомобильным инженером, но после того, как увидел девушек на пляже, закатывающих купальники, чтобы больше загореть, стал дизайнером.
Представляем вам фотографии из архива журнала Life, посвященные бикини. Давайте посмотрим, какими были эти бикини в первые годы их популярности.
1. Санта-Моника, Калифорния, 1940 г. (Peter Stackpole—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
2. Загар с креативными «татуировками», 1941 г. (Peter Stackpole—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
3. Актриса Донна Дрейк с винтовкой на балконе своего дома в Лос-Анджелесе, 1942 г. (Peter Stackpole—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
4. Рита Хэйворт дома в Лос-Анджелсе, 1945 год. (Peter Stackpole—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
5. Флорида, 1945 г. (Nina Leen—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
6. Флорида, 1945 г. (Nina Leen—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
7. Флорида, 1945 г. (Nina Leen—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
8. Актриса Линда Кристиан, первая «Девушка Бонда», 1945 г. (Bob Landry—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
9. Солнечные ванны во Франции, 1945 г. (Ralph Morse—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
10. На пляже во Франции, 1945 г. (Ralph Morse—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
11. На пляже во Франции, 1945 г. (Ralph Morse—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
12. На пляже во Франции, 1945 г. (Ralph Morse—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
13. На пляже во Франции, 1945 г. (Ralph Morse—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
14. Французская актриса Барбара Ланж в самодельном купальнике, который она вырезала сама, 1945 г. (Nina Leen—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
15. Участница конкурса красоты Джеки Ли Барнс позирует у бассейна в Абукерке, Нью-Мексико, 1949 г. (Ed Clark—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
16. Модель в бикини, 1950 г. (Ed Clark—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
17. Модель в бикини, 1950 г. (Ed Clark—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
18. Французская модель Кристиан Ричард в бикини заутренним кофе, 1950 г. (Nat Farbman—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
19. Модель Линн Джонс, 1955. (Peter Stackpole—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
20. Джейн Мэнсфилд позирует на фоне надувных кукол, 1957 г. (Allan Grant—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
21. Дайвинг в Израиле, 1960. (Paul Schutzer—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
22. Модель Джун Пикни, 1960. (Stan Wayman—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
23. Загорание, 1961 г. (Allan Grant—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
24. Джейн Мэнсфилд с мужем Микки Хартигэем, 1961 г. (Stan Wayman—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
25. Актриса Филомен Тулуз со своей ручной лисой на Каннском кинофестивале, 1962. (Paul Schutzer—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
26. Канны, Франция, 1962 г. (Paul Schutzer—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
27. Атлантик-Сити, Нью-Джерси, 1964 г. (Art Rickerby—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
28. Венгерская модель, 1965 г. (Walter Sanders—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
29. Модель Нэти Абаскал демонстрирует узор на своей груди и животе, Багамы, 1968 г. (Bill Eppridge—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
30. Где-то рядом с Малибу, Калифорния, 1970 г. (Co Rentmeester—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
31. Южная Калифорния, 1970 г. (Co Rentmeester—Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)
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