![Louis Réard invented the bikini 70 years ago. Now his label is relaunching, with styles based on the original designs Louis Réard invented the bikini 70 years ago. Now his label is relaunching, with styles based on the original designs](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/fashion/2017/05/16/006_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqVnjAwTi47fVqdG7We-T0elCAZ4UeUdyTNm3mbFwqtIE.jpg)
Louis Réard invented the bikini 70 years ago. Now his label is relaunching, with styles based on the original designs
![Image of FRENCH BIKINI, 1956. - A Model Shows Off A Bikini Designed By Louis Reard In France. Photographed In 1956. From Granger - Historical Picture Archive Image of FRENCH BIKINI, 1956. - A Model Shows Off A Bikini Designed By Louis Reard In France. Photographed In 1956. From Granger - Historical Picture Archive](https://www.granger.com/wmpix/age/rue/0081252-FRENCH-BIKINI-1956-A-model-shows-off-a-bikini-designed-by-Louis-Reard-in-France-Photographed-in-1956.jpg)
Image of FRENCH BIKINI, 1956. - A Model Shows Off A Bikini Designed By Louis Reard In France. Photographed In 1956. From Granger - Historical Picture Archive
Invent Your Image - The bikini turns 73 today. Louis Reard, french automotive engineer, introduced it at a poolside fashion show while he was running his Mother's lingerie business in 1946 after
![NEWSTALK1010 on Twitter: "On this day in 1946: A French automotive engineer debuted a new two-piece bathing suit: the bikini. Louis Réard thought the suit was so "explosive" he named it after NEWSTALK1010 on Twitter: "On this day in 1946: A French automotive engineer debuted a new two-piece bathing suit: the bikini. Louis Réard thought the suit was so "explosive" he named it after](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/D-tZC-vWwAE5vGR.jpg)
NEWSTALK1010 on Twitter: "On this day in 1946: A French automotive engineer debuted a new two-piece bathing suit: the bikini. Louis Réard thought the suit was so "explosive" he named it after
![CLAIRE HOPKINS British Model and Actress (Modelling an original Reard 1946 Newsprint bikini to mark the CLAIRE HOPKINS British Model and Actress (Modelling an original Reard 1946 Newsprint bikini to mark the](https://d2sze6qxvc07yt.cloudfront.net/cdn/topfoto/previews/1549/35f124774f9d0cd8aa23b13cdad19df8/5/547849c4b52460a03717cb99989104ed/464429.jpg)
CLAIRE HOPKINS British Model and Actress (Modelling an original Reard 1946 Newsprint bikini to mark the
![Image of FASHION: BIKINI, 1949. - Model Wearing A Louis Reard Bikini. Photographed In France, 1949. From Granger - Historical Picture Archive Image of FASHION: BIKINI, 1949. - Model Wearing A Louis Reard Bikini. Photographed In France, 1949. From Granger - Historical Picture Archive](https://www.granger.com/wmpix/age/rue/0081257-FASHION-BIKINI-1949-Model-wearing-a-Louis-Reard-bikini-Photographed-in-France-1949.jpg)
Image of FASHION: BIKINI, 1949. - Model Wearing A Louis Reard Bikini. Photographed In France, 1949. From Granger - Historical Picture Archive
HISTORY - On July 5, 1946, French designer Louis Réard unveiled a two-piece swimsuit at the Piscine Molitor, a popular swimming pool in Paris. Parisian showgirl Micheline Bernardini modeled the new fashion,
![A Two-Piece Invention: The Son of Jewish Immigrants Who Brought the Bikini to the World - Museum of the Jewish People A Two-Piece Invention: The Son of Jewish Immigrants Who Brought the Bikini to the World - Museum of the Jewish People](https://www.anumuseum.org.il/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Brigitte_Bardot_1953_36209530070-1-scaled.jpg)