{"id":9577,"date":"2011-07-10T05:07:43","date_gmt":"2011-07-10T05:07:43","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-07-10T05:07:15","modified_gmt":"2011-07-10T05:07:15","slug":"It-s-65-years-of-the-bikini-Remember-Phoebe-Cates-","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=9577","title":{"rendered":"It’s 65 years of the bikini! Remember Phoebe Cates?"},"content":{"rendered":"

The unveiling of the newly named bikini was a spectacle that almost didn’t happen.<\/strong> It seemed designer Louis R\u00e9ard had a hard time finding a woman willing to model the skimpy suit. Luckily for him \u2014 and millions of beachgoers to come \u2014 a 19-year-old French showgirl by the name of Micheline Bernardini rose to the challenge. Introducing the small suit to the world on July 5, 1946<\/strong>, Bernardini strutted in the newspaper-printed, G-string bikini for a fashion event at the Piscine Molitor, a popular swimming pool in Paris. Unsurprisingly, the suit was a headline-making success and Bernardini received over 50,000 fan letters.<\/p>\n

How can we forget the famous Phoebe Cates’ Bikini in Fast Times at Ridgemont High?<\/strong>
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\nPhoebe is Russian, Jewish, Filipino and Chinese descent.<\/strong>
\nA generation of boys know this scene because it was their ultimate fantasy. The hot girl in school Linda Barrett (Phoebe Cates) emerges from a swimming pool in a tiny red bikini. No one is expecting her to take it off, but that’s exactly what she does, right after telling the uber-awkward Brad Hamilton (Judge Reinhold), “You know how cute I always thought you were,” and giving him a kiss. The only problem is, for Brad, it’s just a dream. And when Linda and her bikini go into the house for a towel, she finds Brad in the bathroom doing the No. 3.<\/p>\n