Summertime Questions

Ever wonder why they called it a bikini?

And what publication said that it was "inconceivable that any girl with tact and decency would ever wear such a thing."

For answers to these and other questions you might have about the the swimsuit that made its debut at a poolside fashion show in Paris 60 years ago, read Slate, A Brief History of the Bikini, How a tiny swimsuit took America by storm.