On a day considerably more important than
Independence Day, I dropped the ball...
It was on July 5, 1946 - 78 years ago - that French designer Louis Réard unveiled a daring two-piece swimsuit at the Piscine Molitor, a popular swimming pool in Paris.
Parisian showgirl Micheline Bernardini modeled the new fashion, which Réard dubbed “bikini,” inspired by a news-making U.S. atomic test that took place off the Bikini Atoll in the Pacific Ocean earlier that week.
European women - considerably more open to new ideas as regards personal style and fashion, first began wearing two-piece bathing suits that consisted of a halter top and shorts in the 1930s, but only a sliver of the midriff was revealed and the navel was vigilantly covered.
In the United States, the modest two-piece made its appearance during World War II, when wartime rationing of fabric saw the removal of the skirt panel and other superfluous material.
In planning the debut of his new swimsuit, Réard had trouble finding a professional model who would deign to wear the scandalously skimpy two-piece. So he turned to Micheline Bernardini, an exotic dancer at the Casino de Paris, who had no qualms about appearing nearly nude in public.
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Paige McGrew told deputies that her husband had placed the large firework on his head to "show off" after drinking for several hours. “He was holding this firework over his top hat,” Paige later told The Post and Courier. “I thought he was just showboating before he set it on the ground. I didn’t realize he had already lit it.”
His wife was telling McGrew to stop when the firework suddenly erupted and he collapsed. Coroner Paul Brouthers said the exploding device caused massive head injuries that would have killed McGrew immediately.
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This is that cat fight on the cruise ship I told you about the other day. This is just too fuckin' funny. I have to believe that these young women are from the inner-city, rather than being country bumpkins. Juss' sayin'.
The video is 'age restricted' by YouTube so I can't direct-link it here, but click on that screen cap and it'll open in a new tab. It really is fuckin' hilarious. Them bitches be crazy, man. I jess' wanted me some pizza...
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An American Airlines flight made an emergency landing yesterday after an Oregon man urinated in the plane's aisle. The 25-year-old was arrested and charged with indecent exposure.
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myself that this blog really shouldn't make any sense. It doesn't, does it?
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Here's a nice idea for a gift that's
both attractive and inexpensive...
Click on the picture for more information on this nice bracelet
There is one available in her store - and it comes with free shipping!
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The laws of unintended consequences are being put in play once again by idiot lawmakers and regulators who think they're acting in your best interest, when in fact it always comes back to bite us in the ass when they do stupid shit like this. If this legislation/regulation bullshit goes through, say goodbye to free checking accounts and credit cards - probably forever.
Ya know who started all of this shit? Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Yup.
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This is an island off of the coast of Africa called Mindelo,
in what we know as the Cape Verde Islands. This is where hurricanes are born. Looks like a pretty cool place to live - I may have to bucket-list it...
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gotta dumb question:
ReplyDeletewhy have men's bathing trunks become baggy affairs covering from the waist to just above the knees in the past 25 years?