Women used to go to the beach wearing voluminous one-piece outfits; you’ve seen them on Boardwalk Empire. On July 5, 1946, French designer Louis Reard debuted the two-piece bathing suit that he named after the Bikini Atoll, 23 islands in the Pacific.
European women were quick to adopt the new swimsuit, as French men were to adopt Le Banana Hammock, but bikinis didn’t become in widespread use in the USA until the 1960s.
Now they are everywhere as seen in this gallery of ten bikini-clad figures from the MMA world:
Valentina and Antonina Shevchenko
Miesha Tate
Anastasia Yankova
Joanna Jedrzejczyk
Ronda Rousey
Arianny Celeste
Paige VanZant
https://www.instagram.com/p/BRzCyphFJto
Andrea ‘KGB’ Lee
Red Dela Cruz
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bd_BLRFAGox
The End
And National Nude Day is July 14!
