Sometimes, the stars align. Today is one of those days. Those of you of a certain age will almost certainly be able to fill in this blank:
“She wore an itsy-bitsy teeny weeny yellow polka dot ______.
Today’s Word of the Day, of course, is “bikini.” It’s notable not only for being the answer to the above trivia, which harks back to the June 1960 novelty song release. But it also is remembered as the inspiration for today’s This Day in History, 1946. That’s when French designer Louis Reard unveiled his daring two-piece swimsuit at the Piscine Molitor, a popular swimming pool in Paris.
But wait… there’s more!
Did you know?
Parisian showgirl Micheline Bernardini modeled the new fashion, which Reard dubbed “bikini,” inspired by a news-making U.S. atomic test that took place off the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean earlier that week.
All this high fashion, fine music, and an A-bomb test as well. Who could ask for anything more? Oh, almost forgot: Bonus pictorial content, below.
Yer welcome.