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Bikiniler 1960'lı yılların ortalarından itibaren Batı ülkelerinde plaj kıyafeti, mayo ve altlık amaçlarına uygun olarak tasarlanmaya başladı. 20. yüzyılın sonlarında bikinilerin kullanım alanlarına spor eklendi. Özellikle [[plaj voleybolu]] ve [[vücut geliştirme]] gibi sporlarda bikini giyimi ağırlık kazandı. 2000'li yılların başında bikini üretim sektörü yıllık 811 milyon dolarlık bir hacme sahip olup, güneşte bronzlaşma vb. yan ürünler de zamanla bu sektörün önemli iş ortakları hâline geldi.<ref name=AgeL>Lorna Edwards, "[http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/06/02/1148956539436.html?page=fullpage You've still got it, babe], ''[[The Age]]'', June 3, 2006</ref>
== Etymology and terminology ==
[[File:Longport lifeguard races, 2013 (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=1.30|[[Lifeguard]]s in bikinis, [[Longport, New Jersey]], 2013]]
While the two-piece swimsuit as a design existed in [[classical antiquity]],<ref name=Agrawala>{{cite book|last=Agrawala|first=P.K.|title=Goddesses in Ancient India|year=1983|publisher=Humanities Press|location=Atlantic Highlands, N.J.|isbn=0-391-02960-6|edition=first |page=12 |url=http://books.google.com/books?id=8BmDIbNuD0gC&pg=PA12#v=onepage&q=&f=false}}</ref> the modern design first attracted public notice in Paris on July 5, 1946.<ref name=BBCW>Kathryn Westcott, "[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/in_depth/5130460.stm The Bikini: Not a brief affair]", BBC News, June 5, 2006</ref> French mechanical engineer [[Louis Réard]] introduced a design he named the "bikini", taking the name from the [[Bikini Atoll]] in the Pacific Ocean,<ref name="HistC">{{cite web |url=http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/bikini-introduced |title=Bikini Introduced |accessdate=September 17, 2008 |publisher=[[A&E Television Networks]]}}</ref><ref name="Guardian">{{cite news |first=Paula |last=Cocozza |title=A little piece of history |url=http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2006/jun/10/sttropez.filminspiredtravel.france.culturaltrips?gusrc=rss&feed=travel |work=The Guardian |location=UK |date=June 10, 2006 |accessdate=September 17, 2008 | archiveurl= http://web.archive.org/web/20080927104351/http://www.guardian.co.uk/travel/2006/jun/10/sttropez.filminspiredtravel.france.culturaltrips?gusrc=rss&feed=travel| archivedate= September 27, 2008| deadurl= no}}</ref> which is [[Marshallese language|Marshallese]] for ''coconut place''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.trussel2.com/MOD/LocP.htm#Pikinni|title=Marshallese-English Dictionary - Place Name Index|website=www.trussel2.com|access-date=2016-07-23}}</ref> Four days earlier, the United States had initiated its first peace-time [[nuclear weapon design|nuclear weapons]] [[nuclear testing|test]] at Bikini Atoll as part of [[Operation Crossroads]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Anatomy of an A-Bomb Test, 1946|url=http://life.time.com/history/able-and-baker-photos-from-atomic-bomb-tests-july-1946/|work=Life|accessdate=November 21, 2012|quote=In July 1946, the United States conducted two atomic tests at Bikini Atoll in the Pacific.|date=October 31, 2012}}</ref> Réard hoped his swimsuit's revealing style would create an "explosive commercial and cultural reaction" similar to the explosion at Bikini Atoll.<ref>{{cite news|title=The History of the Bikini|url=http://content.time.com/time/photogallery/0,29307,1908353_1905440,00.html|work=Time|accessdate=August 20, 2013|date=July 3, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.randomhistory.com/1-50/002bikini.html |title=Tiny Swimsuit That Rocked the World: A History of the Bikini |publisher=Randomhistory.com |date=May 1, 2007|accessdate=December 3, 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author1=Brij V. Lal|author2=Kate Fortune|title=The Pacific Islands: an Encyclopedia|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=T5pPpJl8E5wC&pg=PA259|accessdate=July 5, 2011|year=2000|publisher=University of Hawaii Press|isbn=978-0-8248-2265-1|page=259}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|author=Ruth Foster|title=Nonfiction Reading Comprehension: Social Studies, Grade 5|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=5bWfeLfg_FoC&pg=PA130|accessdate=July 5, 2011|date=June 2007|publisher=Teacher Created Resources|isbn=978-1-4206-8030-0|page=130}}</ref>
By making an inappropriate analogy with words like ''bilingual'' and ''bilateral'' containing the Latin prefix "[[bi-]]" (meaning "two" in Latin), the word ''bikini'' was first [[Back-derivation|back-derived]] as consisting of two parts, [''bi'' + ''kini''] by [[Rudi Gernreich]], who introduced the [[monokini|''mono''kini]] in 1964.<ref>{{cite book|last=Gold|first=David L.|title=Studies in Etymology and Etiology|pages=100–101|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=l015C5vm1XkC&pg=PA100|year=2009|publisher=Universidad de Alicante|isbn=84-7908-517-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|last=Alac|first=Patrik|title=Bikini Story|year=2012|publisher=Parkstone International|ISBN=1-78042-951-7|page=68|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=SIj_GBl5sAoC&pg=PA68&lpg=PA68&dq=Rudi+Gernreich+1964+monokini&source=bl&ots=0IBw2S7zOg&sig=68wuGW-GwJd5z_DrZ5hkSB_lufs&hl=en&sa=X&ei=05n-UcmdKofSrQf8_oHYAQ&ved=0CGUQ6AEwCDgK#v=onepage&q=Rudi%20Gernreich%201964%20monokini&f=false}}</ref> Later swimsuit designs like the [[tankini|''tan''kini]] and [[Trikini|''tri''kini]] further cemented this false assumption.<ref>{{cite book|author=Gurmit Singh|author2=Ishtla Singh|title=The History of English|pages=13–14|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=taEnAAAAQBAJ&lpg=PA13&dq=bikini%20latin%20prefix%20back%20formation&pg=PA13#v=onepage&q=bikini%20latin%20prefix%20back%20formation&f=false|year=2013|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1-4441-1924-4}}</ref> Over time the "''–kini'' family" (as dubbed by author [[William Safire]]<ref>William Safire, ''No Uncertain Terms'', page 291, Simon & Schuster, 2003, ISBN 0-7432-4955-0</ref>), including the "''–ini'' sisters" (as dubbed by designer Anne Cole<ref>Trish Donnally, "[http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/Inis-Are-In-Bikini-s-little-sisters-have-2930316.php "Inis" Are In]", ''San Francisco Chronicle'', May 18, 1999</ref>), expanded into a variety of swimwear, often with an innovative lexicon,<ref name=barryJ>{{cite book|first=Barry J. |last=Blake |title=Playing with Words: Humour in the English Language | page=59 |publisher= Equinox |year=2007 |isbn=1-84553-330-5}}</ref> including the [[monokini]] (also numokini or unikini), seekini, [[tankini]], camikini, hikini (also hipkini), minikini, and microkini. The ''[[Language Report]]'', compiled by lexicographer [[Susie Dent]] and published by the [[Oxford University Press]] (OUP) in 2003, considers lexicographic inventions like bandeaukini and camkini, two variants of the tankini, important to observe.<ref>"[http://www.articlearchives.com/humanities-social-science/language-languages/644034-1.html The Language Report: The ultimate record of what we're saying and how we're saying it]", ''Science News'' (from ''Article Archive''), August 7, 2004</ref> Although "bikini" was originally a registered trademark of Réard, it has since become [[generic trademark|genericized]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.businessinsider.com/15-words-you-had-no-idea-used-to-be-brand-names-2010-9?IR=T#bikini-2 | title=15 Words You Had No Idea Used To Be Brand Names <nowiki>|</nowiki> Bikini | work=[[Business Insider]] | accessdate=8 May 2016}}</ref>
Variations of the term are used to describe [[Bikini variant|stylistic variations]] for promotional purposes and industry classifications, including [[monokini]], [[microkini]], [[tankini]], [[trikini]], [[pubikini]], [[bandeaukini]] and [[skirtini]]. A man's [[Swim briefs|brief swimsuit]] may also be referred to as a bikini.<ref name="Bikini">{{cite web|title=Bikini|publisher=[[Merriam-Webster]]|date=February 13, 2014|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bikini}}</ref> Similarly, a variety of men's and women's underwear types are described as bikini underwear.
== Tarihi ==
[[Dosya:Casale Bikini.jpg|thumb|left|Sicilya'daki Villa Romana Del Casale'de bulunan 4. yüzyıl ilk çeyreğine ait Bikinili kızlar mozağiyi]]
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