Pa June 30, 1946, bomba la atomiki linaphulika pa Bikini Atoll ku Pacific Ocean. Patatha masiku 18, Mfalansa wina dzina lake Louis Reard adayambitsa chovala cha bra ndi kabudula wosambira. Tsiku limenelo adalemba ganyu msungwana woyitana monga wojambula ndikuwonetsa ntchito yake mu dziwe losambira la anthu. Patatha mlungu umodzi, bikini inakhala yotchuka ku Ulaya.

Oyambitsa bikini anali Afalansa awiri, Jacques Heim ndi Louis reard. Koma sanali oyamba kuganiza za lingaliro la bikini. Kumayambiriro kwa zaka za m'ma 1600 BC, panali zojambula zamitundu yosambira ya bikini. Heim ndi wojambula mafashoni wamkazi wochokera ku Cannes, France. Anapanga chovala chaching'ono chosambira ndikuchitcha "atomu". Iye anabwereka ndege kuti azisuta komanso kulemba m’mlengalenga kulengeza za kapangidwe kake. Ndegeyo inalemba mlengalenga: "atomu - chovala chaching'ono kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi." Patatha milungu itatu, katswiri wamakina lild analembanso m’mlengalenga kuti: “bikini - yaying’ono kwambiri kuposa chovala chaching'ono kwambiri padziko lonse lapansi.”