www.A3Network.com. Bikini Girls! Are They Sexy? The bikini is typically a women’s two-piece swimsuit. One part of the attire covers the breasts and the other part covers the crotch 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 1 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 sun tanning industries Predecessors of the bikini date to antiquity, in Çatalhöyük and the Greco-Roman world. Art dating from the Diocletian period (286–305 AD) in …

Song: Akon – Beautiful ft. Colby O’Donis, Kardinal Offishall KNOXX Video Host, Meredith Divita’s first swimsuit photo shoot. This photo shoot was done at Baker Beach in San Francisco, CA. Photography by Jason Foy of jasonfoyphotography.com Make Up/ Hair by Frances Marquez of frenchee-lou.blogspot.com Bikini by Her Tiny Treasures Swimwear www.facebook.com You can see the pictures from this photo shoot soon at: www.knoxxgear.com , KNOXX Facebook Page at https , www.MeredithDivita.com

SUBSCRIBE: bit.ly www.FTV.com MIAMI – Eco Swim by Aqua Green showcases its Spring/Summer 2012 collection at Funkshion Fashion Week Miami Beach, which is a platform for up and coming designers. Eco Swim is an eco-friendly swimwear brand that uses recycled materials. Their show was called…

SUBSCRIBE: bit.ly www.FTV.com TEL AVIV – Model Sivan Klein wears a hyper colored geometric print bikini, a strapless orange swimsuit, a turquoise bikini, a colorful patterned one piece, and more in this swimsuit photoshoot with photographer Guli Cohen for the newest collection from the…