Morning Mug: “The Girl In The Blue Bikini”

And, in case anyone is interested in the etymology of the word bikini, here’s a little background for you:

While the two-piece swimsuit as a design existed in classical antiquity, the modern design first attracted public notice in Paris on July 5, 1946. French mechanical engineer Louis Réard introduced a design he named the “bikini,” borrowing the place name of the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean, where, four days earlier, the United States had conducted its first peace-time nuclear weapons test, part of Operation Crossroads. The island’s English name is derived from the German colonial name Bikini, given the atoll when it was part of German New Guinea, which itself is transliterated from the Marshallese name for the island, Pikinni, meaning surface of coconuts. [Source]

Photo by Allan Shweky