Snippet:Burlesque and vaudeville performers wore two-piece outfits in the 1920s, and in 1932 French designer Madeleine Vionnet offered an exposed midriff in an evening gown. Then, in 1935, American designer Claire McCardell cut out the side panels of a maillot-style bathing suit that's seen as the bikini's forerunner. But when Reard presented "le bikini" at a Paris swimming pool in the summer of 1946, he couldn't even find a model to wear it. Instead, Micheline Bernardini, a stripper-dancer, put it on - and created a global sensation.
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