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How a textile shortage led to the invention of the bikini
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Posted Jun 21, 2019 at 12:00 am.
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Designer Louis Réard left automotive engineering to work in his mother’s lingerie business. He decided to compete with another design to create the world’s smallest swimsuit.
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