The summer is here and if you are thinking of going to the beach in a bikini, no need to procrastinate. It is more than 65 years now that the bikini broke into the scene and took the world by storm. “Bikini or no bikini: that is the question” has become a common thought of many. These bikini pictures will help make up your mind. There have been a number of design changes in the attractive dress but these are some of the classiest older designs. And no, the bikini was not invented by Howard Stark; it was done by the French.
1. A model in a bikini, 1950
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2. Jayne Mansfield, 1957
3. Jackie Lee Barnes, a beauty contest winner, poses in Albuquerque, New Mexico, 1949
4. French actress Barbara Lange in her self-made two-piece bathing suit, 1945
5. Florida beauty, 1945
6. French model Christiane Richard in a bikini, 1950
7. A girl in Florida, 1945
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8. Actress Linda Christian, the first “Bond Girl,” in 1945
9. Actress Dona Drake and a pet in Los Angeles, 1942
10. Model Naty Abascal in the Bahamas, 1968
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11. A Hungarian model in 1965
12. Atlantic City, New Jersey, 1964
13. A fox in the hand of actress Philomene Toulouse at the Cannes film festival, 1962
14. In Israel, 1960
15. A sunbather in France
16. Tattoos and a sun tan, 1941
17. A young woman in Santa Monica, California, 1940
18. Rita Hayworth at her home in Los Angeles, 1945
19. Model Lynn Jones, 1955
20. Model June Pickney, 1960
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