com abdopublishing Publishing Abdo of imprint An Library 1ST IN Checkerboard FASHION LOUIS REARD BIKINI DESIGNER Rebecca Felix
Shocking 1 Swimwear It’s a hot summer day You are headed to a busy beach to cool off You arrive and see some kids building sand castles Others are swimming One group is playing a game of beach volleyball Most of the boys and men are wearing swim trunks And many of the girls and women are wearing two-piece suits These two-piece suits come in many different styles They allow girls to swim play and move freely Today these two-piece suits are called bikinis Louis Réard REE-eerd designed and named the first bikini Réard’s creation was not the first two-piece swimsuit But it was the smallest the world had ever seen Before Réard’s bikinis swimwear was much more modest Réard’s design shocked the world but it soon became a fashion icon For the last 70 years bikinis have been popular on beaches around the world
Bikinis are still one of the most popular swimsuit styles for women and girls People wear bikinis in many colors and prints
