![Jan. 01, 1950 - File Photo: circa 1950s. location unknown. Girls posing in bikini's in fashion shows, shoots and on beaches tanning. According to the official version, the modern bikini was invented Jan. 01, 1950 - File Photo: circa 1950s. location unknown. Girls posing in bikini's in fashion shows, shoots and on beaches tanning. According to the official version, the modern bikini was invented](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/E0KT7E/jan-01-1950-file-photo-circa-1950s-location-unknown-girls-posing-in-E0KT7E.jpg)
Jan. 01, 1950 - File Photo: circa 1950s. location unknown. Girls posing in bikini's in fashion shows, shoots and on beaches tanning. According to the official version, the modern bikini was invented
![A police officer issuing a woman a ticket for wearing a bikini on an Italian beach, 1957 - Rare Historical Photos A police officer issuing a woman a ticket for wearing a bikini on an Italian beach, 1957 - Rare Historical Photos](https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jOC22kgORh4/WAGGPFMGC3I/AAAAAAAALcc/1LjRgghA1i4XiFBnLVWzQW78gtfLQNorQCLcB/s1600/wearing_bikini_ticket.jpg)
A police officer issuing a woman a ticket for wearing a bikini on an Italian beach, 1957 - Rare Historical Photos
![Woman In Bikini, C.1950s Tapestry by H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock - Science Source Prints - Website Woman In Bikini, C.1950s Tapestry by H. Armstrong Roberts/ClassicStock - Science Source Prints - Website](https://render.fineartamerica.com/images/rendered/default/flat/tapestry/images/artworkimages/medium/1/woman-in-bikini-c1950s-h-armstrong-robertsclassicstock.jpg?&targetx=0&targety=-42&imagewidth=794&imageheight=1015&modelwidth=794&modelheight=930&backgroundcolor=A4A2A4&orientation=0&producttype=tapestry-50-61)