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Celebrating 60 Years of The Bikini [audio 10min]

Ursula Andress said it was the secret of her success, but Liz Hurley says she won't go to lunch in one. Named after the site of nuclear weapon tests in the South Pacific, the bikini was the brainwave of a French engineer and, at its first outing at a Paris fashion show, it caused a sensation. "Woman's Hour" celebrate the bikini's 60th anniversary.
Read entire article at BBC Radio 4 "Woman's Hour"