The designer promoted his creation as "smaller than the world’s smallest bathing suit." But according to the History Channel, Réard had trouble finding a professional model who would wear his ...

Three weeks prior to the roll out of the modern bikini, another French designer called Jacques Heim had gifted the planet “the world’s smallest bathing suit”.

The designer promoted his creation as "smaller than the world’s smallest bathing suit." But according to the History Channel, Réard had trouble finding a professional model who would wear his ...