How did the 'bikini' get its name?

Crash

Said to be from 'Bikini' an atoll of the Marshall Islands, scene of atomic bomb experiments. Feb 21 02, 2:22 PM

Barrow boy

The US exploded the first atomic bomb - the first in the Bikini Atoll tests, not the first ever - on 1st July 1946. The bikini made its debut in a fashion show held by the designer Louis Reard in Paris on 5th July 1946. So Bikini was hot news simultaneously. Feb 21 02, 4:09 PM

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