On Jul 19, 2012, at 4:23 PM, Robert Paul wrote: > What to call a split Atome, one that might be worn by "bombshells"? Name it > after the atoll where the French were exploding bombs.' > > Not really. The French tested bombs elsewhere in the Pacific, but never on > Bikini atoll, which was, as far as I can determine, subjected to benign > destruction only by the US. Mea culpa. I can add that America's first tests were July 1 and July 25. The bikini was first worn in public at the Piscine Molitor, by Micheline Bernardini, on July 5. The garment's designer, Louis Réard, a Renault engineer running his mother's shop, had a nose for publicity. Here's what it looked like: http://autouniversum.wordpress.com/2009/03/12/louis-reard-never-to-be-forgotten-renault/ David Ritchie, Portland, Oregon------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html