DW Euromaxx - 💥👙 Louis Réard's unveiling of the first ever bikini in Paris #onthisday 76 years ago caused the anticipated scandal. Named after the place where, just a few days earlier,
![Mohandas Menon on Twitter: "Today in 1946: Bikini,named after Bikini Atoll in Pacific Ocean,made its debut during an outdoor fashion show at the Molitor Pool in Paris https://t.co/wykhsRxBFn" / Twitter Mohandas Menon on Twitter: "Today in 1946: Bikini,named after Bikini Atoll in Pacific Ocean,made its debut during an outdoor fashion show at the Molitor Pool in Paris https://t.co/wykhsRxBFn" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DD8Z28aUMAAJcfe.jpg)
Mohandas Menon on Twitter: "Today in 1946: Bikini,named after Bikini Atoll in Pacific Ocean,made its debut during an outdoor fashion show at the Molitor Pool in Paris https://t.co/wykhsRxBFn" / Twitter
![The 'Bikini' was named after Bikini Atoll, a Pacific island where the US detonated its 1st peacetime nuclear weapons test four days prior. The designer, Louis Réard, hoped the name would create The 'Bikini' was named after Bikini Atoll, a Pacific island where the US detonated its 1st peacetime nuclear weapons test four days prior. The designer, Louis Réard, hoped the name would create](https://i.redd.it/lk7ysj3jtg971.jpg)
The 'Bikini' was named after Bikini Atoll, a Pacific island where the US detonated its 1st peacetime nuclear weapons test four days prior. The designer, Louis Réard, hoped the name would create
![Josselin Brémaud on Twitter: "The bikini first revealed #OTD in 1946. Named after the US nuclear tests ocurring at the same time in the Bikini atoll. #NationalBikiniDay https://t.co/Nc64cNDsHX" / Twitter Josselin Brémaud on Twitter: "The bikini first revealed #OTD in 1946. Named after the US nuclear tests ocurring at the same time in the Bikini atoll. #NationalBikiniDay https://t.co/Nc64cNDsHX" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DD_mUlqU0AAxH5i.jpg:large)