The Bikini Makes Its Debut in Paris
It may not have been polka dotted , but when the bikini debuted at a poolside fashion show on July 5 , 1946 , it was the itsy - bitsy - teenie - weeniest slice of fashion the world had seen . Former mechanical engineer Louis Reard ’s foundation even scandalized the models , who reject to don it . He had to lease an alien dancer named Micheline Bernardini to model it for him , and picture of her in the presume bathing suit made their way around the Earth ....