What article of clothing was created in 1946 by engineer Louis Reard and fashion designer Jacques Heim?
"wear the suit, so he hired 19-year-old nude dancer Micheline Bernardini from the Casino de Paris to model it. He introduced his new swimsuit, which he named the ""bikini"", to the media and public in Paris on 5 July 1946 at Piscine Molitor, a popular public pool in Paris at the time. He introduced his design four days after the first test of a nuclear weapon at the Bikini Atoll. The newspapers were full of news about it and Reard hoped for the same with his design. Not to be outdone by Heim, Réard hired his own skywriters to fly"
"fashion designer Jacques Heim, who owned a beach shop in the French Riviera resort town of Cannes, introduced a minimalist two-piece design in May 1946 which he named the ""Atome,"" after the smallest known particle of matter. The bottom of his design was just large enough to cover the wearer's navel. At the same time, Louis Réard, a French automotive and mechanical engineer, was running his mother's lingerie business near Les Folies Bergères in Paris. He noticed women on St. Tropez beaches rolling up the edges of their swimsuits to get a better tan and was inspired to produce a"
"designers sought to deliver fashions that matched the liberated mood of the people. Fabric was still in short supply, and in an endeavor to resurrect swimwear sales, two French designers – Jacques Heim and Louis Réard – almost simultaneously launched new two-piece swimsuit designs in 1946. Heim launched a two-piece swimsuit design in Paris that he called the ""atome"", after the smallest known particle of matter. He announced that it was the ""world's smallest bathing suit."" Although briefer than the two-piece swimsuits of the 1930s, the bottom of Heim's new two-piece beach costume still covered the wearer's navel. Soon after,"
"with only a few daring to wear his swimsuit. He was harassed during the Nazi occupation of France, but managed to stay in business by putting a non-Jewish ""front man"" in charge of his fashion house. He was an active member of the French resistance. In 1946 Heim started a chain of sportswear boutiques. In June 1946, he relaunched his two-piece swimsuit, the ""Atome"", which he advertised as ""the world's smallest bathing suit."" However, on 5 July 1946, Louis Réard, a French engineer, had a Paris stripper pose before reporters in an even briefer two-piece swimsuit, which Réard called the"
"in 1946, when two French designers, Louis Reard and Jacob Heim, reinvented the female swimsuit by dividing it into two pieces. At the beginning of its invention, it was given the name of 'atome'. Although the bottom of the stomach was still covered, as it is not always today, this was an important transformation because this new form of beachwear was quickly accepted and gave women more physical and metaphorical freedom. In the 1950s, women's curves were emphasized together with vivid colors until the 1970s, when sexual revolution was in full force and was letting people show off their bodies."
"Jacques Heim Jacques Heim (8 May 1899 – 8 January 1967) was a French fashion designer and costume designer for theater and film, and was a manufacturer of women's furs. From 1930 to his death in 1967, he ran the fashion house (""maison de couture"") ""Jacques Heim"", which closed in 1969. He was president of the Paris ""Chambre Syndicale de la haute couture"" from 1958 to 1962, a period of transition from ""haute couture"" to ready-to-wear clothing. Jacques Heim was born in Paris. His parents were Isadore and Jeanne Heim, Jews of Polish origin. In the early 1920s, Heim started"
"produced a two-piece swimsuit that he named the ""Atome,"" which he advertised as the world's ""smallest bathing suit"". The bottom of Heim's swimsuit was just large enough to cover the wearer's navel. To promote his new design, Heim hired skywriters to fly above the Mediterranean resort advertising the Atome as ""the world’s smallest bathing suit."" Réard quickly produced his own swimsuit design which was a string bikini consisting of four triangles made from only of fabric printed with a newspaper pattern. When Réard sought a model to wear his design at its debut presentation, none of the usual models would"
"Louis Réard created a competing two-piece swimsuit design, which he called the ""bikini"". He noticed that women at the beach rolled up the edges of their swimsuit bottoms and tops to improve their tan. He introduced his design at a swimsuit review held at the popular public pool, Piscine Molitor, four days after the first test of a nuclear weapon at the Bikini Atoll. The newspapers were full of news about it and Reard hoped for the same with his design. Réard's ""bikini"" undercut Heim's ""atome"" in its brevity. His design consisted of a two triangles of fabric forming a"
"in 1945 that sported a tuxedo top and a full skirt like a ballerina's tutu… decades before ""le Smoking"" burst onto the fashion scene. A constant desire to explore and innovate permeated Vera Borea's work. She figured out how to weather-proof corduroy and used it for a raincoat. Another raincoat was made of rubber. She spun hemp with silk for travel suits and introduced in France the two-way-stretch elastic fabrics. An evening coat was made of transparent fabric. An aviator jacket was made of supple leather and a knitted back panel, making it wearable both indoors and outdoors. Shoes sported"
"Leotard A leotard () is a unisex skin-tight one-piece garment that covers the body from the crotch to the shoulder. The garment was first made famous by the French acrobatic performer Jules Léotard (1838–1870). There are sleeveless, short-sleeved and long-sleeved leotards. A variation is the unitard, which also covers the legs. Leotards are worn by acrobats, gymnasts, dancers, figure skaters, athletes, actors, wrestlers, and circus performers both as practice garments and performance costumes. They are often worn together with ballet skirts on top and tights or sometimes bike shorts as underwear. As a casual garment, a leotard can be worn"
"the DIAVOLO | Architecture in Motion, a Los Angeles-based dance company. Jacques Heim Jacques Heim (8 May 1899 – 8 January 1967) was a French fashion designer and costume designer for theater and film, and was a manufacturer of women's furs. From 1930 to his death in 1967, he ran the fashion house (""maison de couture"") ""Jacques Heim"", which closed in 1969. He was president of the Paris ""Chambre Syndicale de la haute couture"" from 1958 to 1962, a period of transition from ""haute couture"" to ready-to-wear clothing. Jacques Heim was born in Paris. His parents were Isadore and Jeanne"
"Paco Rabanne. Italian-born Pierre Cardin was best known for his helmets, short tunics, and goggles. Paco Rabanne was known for his 1966 ""12 Unwearable Dresses in Contemporary Materials"" collection, which made use of chain mail, aluminum, and plastic. Although designer Mary Quant is credited with introducing the miniskirt in 1964, André Courrèges also claimed credit for inventing the miniskirt. The miniskirt changed fashion forever. The definition of a miniskirt is a skirt with a hemline that is generally between 6 and 7 inches above the knees. Early references to the miniskirt from the Wyoming newspaper ""The Billings Gazette"", described the"
"more minimal design. He trimmed additional fabric off the bottom of the swimsuit, exposing the wearer's navel for the first time. Réard's string bikini consisted of four triangles made from of fabric printed with a newspaper pattern. When Réard sought a model to wear his design at his press conference, none of the usual models would wear the suit, so he hired 19 year old nude dancer Micheline Bernardini from the Casino de Paris. He introduced his design to the media and public on July 5, 1946, in Paris at Piscine Molitor, a public pool in Paris. Réard held the"
"was invented in 1946 by a French engineer named Louis Réard. It was apparently named after the Bikini Atoll, which was the site of a nuclear bomb test in 1946, because Réard hoped its impact would be explosive in the fashion world. The bikini was even more daring than the two-piece, thus it did not become popular until 1953 when Brigitte Bardot was photographed in one at the Cannes Film Festival. Although the bikini did become popular in Europe in 1953 it did not become popular in the United States until the 1960s. For men, the most noticeable effect of"
"working in his parents' fur business, which they had founded in 1898. He took over the business in 1923, and within a few years had added a couture department, designing dresses and coats, made with original fabrics, working in collaboration with Sonia Delaunay. In 1930, the workshop became the fashion house ""Jacques Heim"". He also made ready-to-wear and in 1936 started a line for younger women, ""Heim Jeunes Filles"". In 1932, Heim created a two-piece swimsuit consisting of a bra with ruffles and pretty bloomers, which he called the ""Atome"". However, women were not yet ready to reveal their midriff,"
"couture. In 1950, Jacques Rouët, the general manager of Dior Ltd, devised a licensing program to place the now-renowned name of ""Christian Dior"" visibly on a variety of luxury goods. It was placed first on neckties and soon was applied to hosiery, furs, hats, gloves, handbags, jewelry, lingerie, and scarves. Members of the French Chamber of Couture denounced it as a degrading action for the haute-couture image. Nevertheless, licensing became a profitable move and began a trend to continue ""for decades to come"", which all couture houses followed. Also in 1950, Christian Dior was the exclusive designer of Marlene Dietrich's"
"female body whose contours they would stylise. I accentuated the waist, the volume of the hips, emphasised the bust, In order to give my designs more hold, I had nearly all the fabrics lined with percale or taffeta, renewing a tradition that had long been abandoned."""" Thus, on 12 February 1947 at 10.30 a.m., the announcer introduced ""numéro un, number one"". The first outfit was worn by Marie-Thérese and opened the show during which the audience saw 90 different creations file past, belonging to two principal lines: ""En Huit"" and ""Corolle"". Bettina Ballard, Fashion Editor at Vogue, had returned to"
"double crescent, which all clothes carried. The ""utility"" clothes should create a uniform style for all civilians, even though the manufactures achieved differences in the clothes. The end of war brought a tenor among women for anti-uniforms, longer skirts and curves. After the traditional materials reappeared, the new synthetics and plastics came up in 1946. Christian Dior created the ""New Look"" in France at this time. This look did not find real acceptance in Britain. In 1949, the next remarkable change in costume started. The skirts length was reduced from very long to thirteen inches from the ground. The shape"
"period, hats were often made of scraps of material that would have otherwise been thrown away, sometimes incorporating butter muslin, bits of paper, and wood shavings. Among the most innovative milliners of the time were Pauline Adam, Simone Naudet, Rose Valois, and Le Monnier. Post-war fashion returned to prominence through Christian Dior's famous ""New Look"" in 1947: the collection contained dresses with tiny waists, majestic busts, and full skirts swelling out beneath small bodices, in a manner very similar to the style of the ""Belle Époque"". The extravagant use of fabric and the feminine elegance of the designs appealed greatly"
"distribution subsidiaries. Longchamp (company) Longchamp is a French luxury leather goods company, founded in Paris in 1948 by Jean Cassegrain. Jean Cassegrain produced the world's first luxury leather-covered pipes, then expanded into small leather goods, such as wallets, passport covers, etc.. Longchamp launched its first women handbag in 1971 and became one of France's leading leather goods makers. The company's real breakthrough came with the use of nylon. In the 1970s, Longchamp created a leather and nylon fabric luggage collection. For the first time, luggage were light, contrary to the overweight suitcases usually sold at that time. This innovation led"
"PEDS Legwear PEDS Legwear, formerly known as Richelieu Legwear, is an international legwear company. It manufactures socks and hosiery. The Simard family founded Richelieu Legwear in Sorel, Quebec in 1934. The family gained prominence in the region as shipbuilders and owners of Marine Industries Limited (M.I.L.). Richelieu grew to eventually employee over 600 people in Quebec at its peak in 2002. The Simards maintained ownership of Richelieu until 1997, when Harvey Penner a Montreal businessman who joined Richelieu in the 1960s as a sales manager bought out the Simards and became president of Richelieu Knitting. He remained with the company"
"of the first items of sportswear. Émile Camuset Émile Camuset was a French clothing merchant in the 19th century. He was the founder of the Le Coq Sportif sports equipment company. He began the company in 1882 with the opening of a little hosiery store in Romilly-sur-Seine, in a part of the Champagne region called the Aube. He is originally cited as the creator of Sweatpants. Camuset began developing new lines of clothing which incorporated cotton ribs, brushed fleece and jersey. This was in contrast to many of the more traditional methods of clothing available at the time. The increased"
"the silhouettes that would lead to his success in 1947 with the ""Corolle"" line. The decor of the Diors' apartment in La Muette, Paris, was also imprinted on the couturier's imagination: reference is made to it in the Louis XVI style which inspired the interiors of the Dior boutiques. Finally, it was Madeleine Dior's look that the couturier remembered when he invented the famous New Look with its nipped in waist, pronounced hips and emphasized bust recalling the feminine silhouettes of the Belle Époque. Long after the couturier's death, the House of Dior continues to pay tribute to this muse,"
"Longchamp (company) Longchamp is a French luxury leather goods company, founded in Paris in 1948 by Jean Cassegrain. Jean Cassegrain produced the world's first luxury leather-covered pipes, then expanded into small leather goods, such as wallets, passport covers, etc.. Longchamp launched its first women handbag in 1971 and became one of France's leading leather goods makers. The company's real breakthrough came with the use of nylon. In the 1970s, Longchamp created a leather and nylon fabric luggage collection. For the first time, luggage were light, contrary to the overweight suitcases usually sold at that time. This innovation led the company"
"design that he named the Atome. Like swimsuits of the era, it covered the wearer's navel, and it failed to attract much attention. Clothing designer Louis Réard introduced his new, smaller design in July. He named the swimsuit after the Bikini Atoll, where the first public test of a nuclear bomb had taken place only four days before. His skimpy design was risque, exposing the wearer's navel and much of her buttocks. No runway model would wear it, so he hired a nude dancer from the Casino de Paris to model it at a review of swimsuit fashions. Due to"
"before she had given birth to her daughter, Rebecca, and had not yet regained her pre-pregnancy figure. In addition to the dress, Jean Louis made a harness, worn under the dress. The harness consisted of rigging—one under the breast, one in the middle and one on the side. In addition, the soft plastic had been molded around the top of the skirt. Black dress of Rita Hayworth In the 1946 film ""Gilda"", Rita Hayworth wore a black dress made by American costume designer Jean Louis. It was used in one of the most famous scenes of the film: one in"
"1960s. The Petit Bateau collections are composed of certain permanent features season after season. From collection to collection, the brand's inventions are present (panties, pinstripe cotton, terry velours), but also garments that have become iconic. The Breton “marinière” striped top , the T-shirt, the vest top, the panties, the waxed raincoat and the peacoat are some of the essentials that the brand renews each season for children as well as adults. The Breton striped top made its appearance in the Petit Bateau collections during the 1995 spring-summer season. Since then, the brand has made it evolve each season in its"
"2004. Great Western Garment Co. The Great Western Garment Company (GWG) was a Canadian denim and western wear clothing company founded in 1911 in Edmonton, Alberta by Charles A. Graham and Alexander Cameron Rutherford (the first Premier of Alberta). The company's slogan of ""They wear longer because they're made stronger"" suggests the clothing's intended market; farmers and working-class people. The company also appealed to a working class demographic with their affordable pricing, usually 2/3 the price of red-tab Levi's jeans. During the 1950s GWG's Donald Freeland developed the stone washed technique for its products, increasing the softness and flexibility of"
"most recognized original goods such as the leather ""Sac à dépêches"" in 1935 (later renamed the ""Kelly bag"" after Grace Kelly) and the Hermès ""carrés"" (square scarves) in 1937. The scarves became integrated into French culture. In 1938, the ""Chaîne d'ancre"" bracelet and the riding jacket and outfit joined the classic collection. By this point, the company's designers began to draw inspirations from paintings, books, and ""objets d'art"". The 1930s also witnessed Hermès's entry into the United States market by offering products in a Neiman Marcus department store in New York; however, it later withdrew. In 1949, the same year"
"for inventing the bikini in 1946 and adorned by such iconic women as Brigitte Bardot, Marilyn Monroe and Ursula Andress. He has been quoted as saying that his aim with Réard is to build a global luxury brand for women in the swim and resort wear sector. He is also the founder Lumity Life a company in the wellness and anti-ageing sector whose product has been supported by both Yasmin Le Bon and Helena Christensen among a number of other celebrities and wellness influencers. In 2008 Emanuel married Judith Halmshaw a business women and recent founder of the men's yoga"
"to left, left to right, and as its own mirror reflection. In 1919, Thayaht started designing his most famous piece. The TuTa, which Thayaht called “the most innovative, futuristic garment ever produced in the history of Italian fashion” was an early example of what we now know as a jumpsuit. It was intended to revolutionize fashion and create a modern and particularly Italian style. With help from his artist brother RAM (Ruggero Alfredo Michahelles) he launches the new design in 1920, and the pattern is published by the newspaper La Nazione so that the TuTa is accessible to all. Intended"
"dress made of paper and nylon thread. Rabanne was also the first fashion designer to use black models, which very nearly resulted in his dismissal from the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne. The success of his perfume Calandre helped support the less profitable areas of his work, while his utopianism assured him a unique position in the conservative world of haute couture. The principal change in menswear in the 1960s was in the weight of the fabric used. The choice of materials and the method of manufacture produced a suit that, because it was lighter in weight, had a"
"with a matching, elbow-length cape or a beltless, sheath dress with matching cape. In the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum various cape dresses can be found. In 1933 Madeleine Vionnet created a woollen jersey dress and matching cape. Coco Chanel designed a dress with matching cape in 1937-8. The dress consisted of silk and net covered with black sequins. It was lined with satin. In 1967 Cristóbal Balenciaga created an evening ensemble consisting of a matching cape and sleeveless dress out of black gazar silk. Philippe Venet created a black-and-white dress with a cape-like collar in 1989. Recently,"