Hari the Hadron

Friday, June 23, 2006

BIKINI HAS ATTAINED RETIRMENT AGE – WHAT NEXT?

The most celebrated swimwear world over , “Bikini” is attaining 60 years of age in July this year, the big question that comes to my mind is what is next. I read in the Hindu-Business Line today that Bikini as a swimwear was invented in Paris in 1946 and the city is gearing up in a big way to celebrate the occasion. Contrary to humans who put weight as they grow old, Bikini has infact shred a lot of its weight and size over its 60 years of life. This has literally made bikini next to nothing, in the widest range of definitions.

So this celebration throws the challenge of the millennium for the fashion gurus to design a dress more popular and for a longer period than bikini. Any takers out there.

posted by hari at 1:55 PM

12 Comments:

  • do we try to reinvent or redesign wheel coz its been more than centuries since its been invented....summa etho sollanumnu sonnen :-)

    By Blogger Syam, at 7:42 AM  

  • What goes around, comes around... no new fashion is really new, if you ask me - just a re-hash of previous ones.

    By Blogger Shammi, at 2:04 AM  

  • An interesting theme to celebrate!

    By Blogger Swahilya Shambhavi, at 5:24 AM  

  • Hi Syam,

    Welcome to my blog. You have given a pretty good example. But then, do we give the kind of attention to the wheel that we give to the bikini?

    Believe me if we had given there would definitely have been invented more innovative and attractive models of wheels.

    By Blogger hari, at 9:30 PM  

  • Yeah Shyam, you are right. It looks new because everytime its the next generation watching it.

    By Blogger hari, at 9:34 PM  

  • Swahilya, people are just looking for a reason to bring about a change in their life.

    By Blogger hari, at 9:35 PM  

  • Ganga!!!!!

    That was Quote of the mellinium.

    By Blogger hari, at 9:36 PM  

  • after bikini....there is nothing.....quiet literally ;)

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 7:24 AM  

  • something that wd last longer than the bikini, but not longer than the bikini itself!! i know pamela anderson, for one,would be out of a job if you let the B die!

    cheers!
    ramya

    By Blogger Houseowner, at 8:36 AM  

  • Humm..... Big Boss! What a post. I will write one too.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 1:26 AM  

  • I guess it might be interesting to compare the original bikini and the present one - perhaps it might seem like a completely new design.
    I wonder what ripples it created when it was first worn in the 40s huh?

    By Blogger Usha, at 2:38 AM  

  • Hari:
    Bikinis are minimalist classics: fortunes have been built on them. After all, where would Brooke Shields and Ursula Andress be today, were it not for their bikinis?
    Superannuation for the bikini? No way, sirrah...all I say is: be patient until someone hits upon something else that is even more almost-there, but still not there. When in doubt, wait.

    By Blogger Vani, at 9:19 PM  

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