http://1027kord.com All your favorite and best country music Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:42:12 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 http://1027kord.com/secrets-of-the-bikini-a-history-guide/ http://1027kord.com/secrets-of-the-bikini-a-history-guide/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 16:50:44 +0000 Chip Sandalwood http://tsminteractive.com/?p=26680 Though the bikini made waves when it first appeared in the late 1940s, the origins of the revealing two-piece date back much further. Similar garments were worn by female Grecian athletes as far back as 1400 BC, while primitive artworks from Asian Minor push the garment back another 4000 years. 

]]> http://1027kord.com/secrets-of-the-bikini-a-history-guide/feed/ 0 Unable to find a traditional model for his revealing swimsuit, Réard employed 19-year-old nude dancer Micheline Bernardini to model his bikini at at a beauty contest in Paris. Credit: Getty Images