![Louis Réard invented the bikini 70 years ago. Now his label is relaunching, with styles based on the original designs Louis Réard invented the bikini 70 years ago. Now his label is relaunching, with styles based on the original designs](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/fashion/2017/05/16/006_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqVnjAwTi47fVqdG7We-T0elCAZ4UeUdyTNm3mbFwqtIE.jpg)
Louis Réard invented the bikini 70 years ago. Now his label is relaunching, with styles based on the original designs
HISTORY - #OnThisDay in 1946, French designer Louis Reard unveils a daring two-piece swimsuit at the Piscine Molitor, a popular swimming pool in Paris. Parisian showgirl Micheline Bernardini modeled the new fashion,
Maa Boo Swimwear - On July 5 1946 , French engineer Louis Reard responded by designing that famous garment , BIkini👙 His invention transformed the Swimwear world forever #history | Facebook
![Louis Réard - DisPlay Productions | Organisateurs et Commissaires d'Expositions, Défilés, Évènements... Louis Réard - DisPlay Productions | Organisateurs et Commissaires d'Expositions, Défilés, Évènements...](https://i0.wp.com/displayproductions.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/Louis-Reard-1957-Juillet.jpg?resize=716%2C475&ssl=1)
Louis Réard - DisPlay Productions | Organisateurs et Commissaires d'Expositions, Défilés, Évènements...
In 1946, the French engineer and designer Louis Réard coined the term "bikini", named after the nuclear testing site Bikini Atoll. Banne... | Instagram
![You can't call it bikini unless it passes this one test, according to the man who invented it | The Irish Sun You can't call it bikini unless it passes this one test, according to the man who invented it | The Irish Sun](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/NINTCHDBPICT000418499785.jpg)
You can't call it bikini unless it passes this one test, according to the man who invented it | The Irish Sun
![July 5 Marks 70th Anniversary of First Bikini Design by Louis Réard in Paris - The French Touch - Quora July 5 Marks 70th Anniversary of First Bikini Design by Louis Réard in Paris - The French Touch - Quora](https://qph.cf2.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-55a2c4415d33e5dc5292322418ae4095.webp)
July 5 Marks 70th Anniversary of First Bikini Design by Louis Réard in Paris - The French Touch - Quora
![Image of BIKINI REARD. - Model Of Bikini By Louis Reard Presented By Catherine Bleuse May 26, 1955. Full Credit: AGIP - Rue Des Archives / Granger, NYC -- All Rights Reserved. From Granger - Historical Picture Archive Image of BIKINI REARD. - Model Of Bikini By Louis Reard Presented By Catherine Bleuse 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/0136550-BIKINI-REARD-Model-of-bikini-by-Louis-Reard-presented-by-Catherine-Bleuse-may-26-1955-Full-credit-AGIP---Rue-des-Archives--Granger-NYC----All-rights-reserved.jpg)
Image of BIKINI REARD. - Model Of Bikini By Louis Reard Presented By Catherine Bleuse May 26, 1955. Full Credit: AGIP - Rue Des Archives / Granger, NYC -- All Rights Reserved. From Granger - Historical Picture Archive
On July 5, 1946, French designer Louis Réard unveils a daring two-piece swimsuit - the bikini! #OnThisDay #NationalBikiniDay | Instagram
![A Two-Piece Invention: The Son of Jewish Immigrants Who Brought the Bikini to the World - Museum of the Jewish People A Two-Piece Invention: The Son of Jewish Immigrants Who Brought the Bikini to the World - Museum of the Jewish People](https://www.anumuseum.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Brigitte_Bardot_1953_36209530070-1-scaled.jpg)