A ranar 30 ga Yuni, 1946, bam din atomic ya fashe a kan Bikini Atoll a Tekun Pacific. Bayan kwanaki 18, wani Bafaranshe mai suna Louis reard ya ƙaddamar da rigar rigar rigar rigar mama da gajeren rigar ninkaya. A wannan rana ya ɗauki wata yarinya mai kira a matsayin abin koyi kuma ya nuna aikinsa a cikin wurin wanka na jama'a. Bayan mako guda, bikini ya zama sananne a Turai.

Wadanda suka kirkiro bikini 'yan Faransa ne guda biyu, Jacques Heim da Louis reard. Amma ba su ne farkon waɗanda suka fara tunanin ra'ayin bikini ba. A farkon shekara ta 1600 BC, akwai zane-zane na kayan wasan ninkaya na salon bikini. Heim mai zanen kayan kwalliyar mata ce daga Cannes, Faransa. Ta kera wata karamar rigar ninkaya ta sanya masa suna “atom”. Ta dauki hayar jirgi don shan taba da rubutu a iska don tallata zanenta. Jirgin ya rubuta a cikin iska: "Atom - mafi ƙarancin kayan iyo a duniya." Makonni uku bayan haka, injiniyan injiniya Lild shima ya rubuta a cikin iska: "Bikini - karami fiye da karamar kayan iyo a duniya."