Title
Yellow bikini top
Year/Period
1950s
Region
United Kingdom
Dimension
Gross measurement: 31.5 x 31 cm
Accession No.
2010-00788-001
Collection of
A bikini is a type of women’s swimwear. This particular bikini comprises of a halter neck bikini top and a matching high cut bottom.Louis Reard is credited for inventing the modern bikini in 1946. It was named after Bikini Atoll in the Pacific, the area where atom bomb testing was conducted by the U.S. Army. Controversial at first, the bikini was eventually considered as acceptable swimwear by the 1960s.
