etymology - bikini

Don't judge! Haha, it's a natural curiousity to wonder where the term bikini comes from. The predecessor of what we know today was around in the Greco Roman world. The modern bikini began to take shape in 1907 when Australian swimmer Annette Kellerman was arrested for wearing a form fitting one piece suit whic was quickly accepted as natural. Slowly, sleeves disappeared and sides were cut away. In the 1930's Hollywood adopted the bikini in a few films which made the bikini a nationwide phenomenon.