who coined the phrase bikini for the two piece swimsuit design in 1946
Bikini While the two-piece swimsuit as a design existed in classical antiquity,[7] the modern design first attracted public notice in Paris on July 5, 1946.[8] French automotive engineer Louis Réard introduced a design he named the "bikini", adopting the name from the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean,[9][10] which was the colonial name the Germans gave to the atoll, transliterated from the Marshallese name for the island, Pikinni.[11]