As an allusion to the headlines that he knew his swimsuit would generate, he printed newspaper type across the suit that bernardini modeled on july 5 at the piscine molitor. Similar garments appear on figures adorning classical greek urns—but hey, that stuff is ancient. Nude dancer micheline bernardini models the first bikini in paris, france
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The above images show micheline bernardini, the former casino de paris nude dancer who debuted the garment known as a bikini at a 1946 paris beauty contest
Technically, hers was not the first