My chosen invention was a bikini. I thought it would be interesting and it is easy to answer the unit question if you have an invention like this. It is interesting, which means I might be even more motivated. If we do a lot of research, we can actually understand how important is it and how important the inventors idea was no matter what it is. When we started doing this I realized how everything we use changed us, and I’m learning a bit of how relevant it is to know who the inventor is and how he came up with the idea.
To present my idea, I’m going to be using a poster because it is easy and I’m better at presenting something using a poster, I think it’s is easy to understand too. My sources were simple because it had something to do with fashion, design.
Sources:
"100 Most Influential People in Fashion." Fashion Influential #33: Louis Réard 12 Dec. 2008: 1. Web. 21 Feb 2010.
Garner , Samantha . "The History of the Bikini - the World's Skimpiest Invention." 1. Web. 21 Feb 2010.
Rushin, Steve. "From Bardot to Graf, from ground zero to grass, here's the skinny on the two-piece." Web.
"BIKINI TRIVIA : History of the Bikini." 2005. Web.
"Louis Reard, Engineer, Dies; Designed the Bikini in 1946." (1984): n. pag. Web. 23 Feb 2010.
"Lead Story." Bikini introduced n. pag. Web. 23 Feb 2010.
These are the tests (for the poster):
Does it answer the unit question?
Are the recourses from acknowledged?
Can my project give me a good grade?
Are the inventions relevant?
How did bikini change through time?
Bikini was invented in the 40s, since then, it became fashion and influenced a lot of people. Nowadays, most women wear bikinis, some sports require bikinis. And still, people make money by coming up with new bikini styles.
Why are bikinis important?
Most women use bikini as a way of showing their beauty and it is easy to wear and carry.
Are there any problems with bikinis? The other reason why bikinis are important is because many sports need bikinis because they weigh less.
There are some people saying “good girls don’t wear bikinis” thinking that its wrong, especially some Christian people, of course other religious people like Muslims and Jews. Others say that age matters. Plus, culture matters too.
How did the inventor come up with the idea?
Louis Reard was a car engineer, at the same time, he owned his moms lingerie shop. And there was a competition where designers had to come up with the smallest swimsuits, then he came up with the idea when saw women rolling their swimsuits to get more sunburn. Since then, most of the women started wearing bikinis.
What’s the difference between bikinis and the typical swimsuits?
Typical swimsuits are kind of closed, and bikinis are much more open. Bikinis are light and it can be worn as fashion at the beach, but the other one is worn mostly in the swimming pools, especially for the professional people.
In the late 90s, people used bikinis to win competitions. When it comes to voting, men mostly voted for the team who were wearing bikinis, even though they were not playing very good. Since then, a lot of sports teams started wearing bikinis, plus, like I said before, it weighs less; it is easy to carry around.
New “versions” of bikini:
Bandini
Tankini
Camikini
Monogyny
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