[lit-ideas] Re: Bombshells
- From: David Ritchie <profdritchie@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 10:06:47 -0700
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,
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