- published: 24 Jan 2016
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The bikini is typically a women's two-piece swimsuit. One part of the attire covers the breasts and the other part covers the groin and part of or the entire buttocks, leaving an uncovered area between the two. Merriam–Webster describes the bikini as "a woman's scanty two-piece bathing suit" or "a man's brief swimsuit". It is often worn in hot weather, while swimming or sunbathing. The shapes of both parts of a bikini resemble women's underwear, and the lower part can range from revealing thong or g-string to briefs.
While two-piece bathing suits had been worn on the beach before, the modern bikini was invented by French engineer Louis Réard in 1946. He named it after Bikini Atoll in the Pacific, the site of the Operation Crossroads nuclear weapon tests in July that year.
The bikini is perhaps the most popular female beachwear around the globe, according to French fashion historian Olivier Saillard due to "the power of women, and not the power of fashion". As he explains, "The emancipation of swimwear has always been linked to the emancipation of women." By the mid 2000s, bikinis had become a $811 million business annually, according to the NPD Group, a consumer and retail information company. The bikini has boosted spin-off services like bikini waxing and the suntanning industries.
Actors: Ian Fleming (actor), Howard Douglas (actor), Grégoire Aslan (actor), Russell Waters (actor), Francesca Annis (actress), June Randall (miscellaneous crew), Barbara Windsor (actress), Ronald Fraser (actor), Melvyn Hayes (actor), Bernard Cribbins (actor), Wilfrid Brambell (actor), Corin Redgrave (actor), Arnold Ridley (actor), Norman Chappell (actor), Joseph O'Conor (actor),
Plot: Having pulled off the smallest ever train robbery, Little Walter and his crew decide to get out of London. The six of them set up business in a disused monastery off the Cornish coast, despite the fact that none of them really qualifies as a monk - least of all Walter's moll Bikini. Bit by bit, the quiet way of life starts becoming a habit.
Keywords: bathing, bathtub, british-comedy, erotica, hiding-place, independent-film, monastery, monk, police, police-investigation