Juli 15th, 2015
The Bikini was invented by French automobile engineer Louis Réard (1897 – 1984) and fashion designer Jacques Heim (1899 – 1967) in Paris in 1946. Réard was a car engineer but by 1946 he was running his mother’s lingerie boutique near Les Folies Bergères in Paris. Heim was a Parisian fashion designer and manufacturer of women’s furs and couture. Read the rest of this entry »
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Mai 18th, 2013
A bikini is a swimmsuit which contains two pieces: A top part and a bottom part. It was invented in 1946 in Paris by fashion designer Jacques Heim (1899–1967). Due to its small size, Heim called the bikini the atom. His invention was prohibited to wear on US public beaches until the 1960s. Today, the bikini is the most popular female beachwear around the globe.
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September 30th, 2011
Jacques Heim, French fashion designer and manufacturer, lived from 1899 to 1967. Heim is well known for inventing the bikini in 1945. The Parisian ran his own fashion house ‘Maison de Couture’ from 1930 to 1969 where he designed and manufactured women’s furs and haute couture.
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September 30th, 2011
Jacques Heim, French fashion designer and manufacturer, lived from 1899 to 1967. Heim is well known for inventing the bikini in 1945. The Parisian ran his own fashion house ‘Maison de Couture’ from 1930 to 1969 where he designed and manufactured women’s furs and haute couture.
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September 30th, 2011
Louis Réard, French automobile engineer, co-inventor of the bikini in 1946, lived from 1897 to 1984. Together with Jacques Heim, a fashion designer, they produced the world’s smallest swimsuit, a bra top that contained two little triangles of cloth connected by a string. Réard called his creation the bikini, named after the Bikini Atoll, one of a series of islands in the South Pacific, the site of atomic bomb testing.
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September 30th, 2011
Louis Réard, French automobile engineer, co-inventor of the bikini in 1946, lived from 1897 to 1984. Together with Jacques Heim, a fashion designer, they produced the world’s smallest swimsuit, a bra top that contained two little triangles of cloth connected by a string. Réard called his creation the bikini, named after the Bikini Atoll, one of a series of islands in the South Pacific, the site of atomic bomb testing.
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