Above: Examples of bikinis, front and back, from the 1940's and 1950's from the Bikini Exposition.
Below:
Picture 1 shows the latest heartfelt Reard bikini style in 1950 at the Bois de Bologne in Paris.
Pictures 2, 4 and 7 show Marilyn Monroe in the 1950's helpfully expanding the popularity of bikinis.
Picture 3 shows Ava Gardner in the early 1950's in a bikini.
Picture 5 shows three young ladies sporting 1950's Reard bikinis.
Picture 6 shows Mr. Réard at one of the bikini contests.
Picture 8 shows the bikini Jane Russell sported in the 1953 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.
Picture 9 shows promo for the 1964 James Bond film, From Russia With Love.
Picture 10, an illustration by Gill Elvgren, who photographed a model and
then painted over her, accentuating the model's hair, breasts and legs.
Picture 11 shows Brigitte Bardot and her exotic cigarette promoting the Reard bikinis.
Picture 12 shows another Reard ad.
Picture 11 shows Rita Hayworth (star of the excellent 1946 film Gilda) promoting the Reard bikinis.
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