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A Brief History of the Bikini: How the tiny swimsuit conquered America.
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CREDIT: Image of the "bikini girls" mosaic at the Piazza Armerina in Sicily courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
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Photograph of a woman perching on the edge of a bathing machine at an Ostend, Belgium, beach by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images. -
Photograph of Annette Kellerman by Hulton Archive/Getty Images. -
CREDIT: Photograph of Ava Gardner in 1941 by SNAP/Zuma Press.
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CREDIT: Photograph of Micheline Bernardini in 1946 courtesyWikimedia Commons.
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CREDIT: Poster of My Favorite Brunette courtesy Everett Collection. -
Photograph of Brigitte Bardot by LIDO/SIPA. -
Photograph by MICHAEL IRWIN/Rex Features, courtesy Everett Collection. -
Still from CREDIT: Dr. No courtesy Everett Collection. -
CREDIT: Photograph of Cheryl Tiegs courtesy Everett Collection. -
CREDIT: Photograph by Stephen Shugerman/Getty Images.
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Photograph by Eric Slomanson/ZUMA Press. -
Photograph of Eva Herzigova by AFP/Getty Images.