A U.S. beach town should establish a bikini hall of fame

Today is International Bikini Day, a fitting summer holiday. It commemorates the anniversary of the day French designer Louis Reard debuted his then-controversial two-piece bathing suit in 1946. In the U.S., it’s also National Bikini Day.
I think some entrepreneurial beach community should establish a bikini hall of fame to celebrate all the women who have made an impact on pop culture by wearing the sexy swim attire. That would include movie stars Brigitte Bardot, Marilyn Monroe, Ursula Andress, Halle Berry and Jessica Alba. It also would include Sports Illustrated swimsuit models and other pop culture icons such as pin-up model Bettie Page.
This could be its own museum or an exhibit area in an existing museum or even a popular bar or restaurant.
To be more inclusive, it should be the Bikini and Swimwear Hall of Fame. That way you could include famous one-piece swimsuits worn by Farrah Fawcett and the beauties of Baywatch. That title also could cover men’s bathing suits like Olympian Mark Spitz’s Speedo and the Borat Mankini worn by Sacha Baron Cohen.
I can envision such a museum in Southern California or Florida or in the beach towns along the East Coast. A spring break hotspot would be a good location.
The first museum dedicated to bathing culture opened on July 5, 2020, in the small, landlocked town of Bad Rappenau, Germany. The BikiniARTmuseum showcases swimwear worn by Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot, Elke Sommer, Esther Williams and Scarlett Johansson. The museum has about 400 swimwear exhibits. (See articles by Forbes and Funky Germany.)
In 2013, Bikinis Sports Bar & Grill, a chain of sports bars and restaurants in Texas, announced a Bikinis Hall of Fame at its Fredericksburg, Texas, location. It honored actress Carmen Electra as its first and only inductee. The chain went out of business in December 2018.

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Bikinis Hall of Fame still a one-off (Tech-media-tainment; Aug. 24, 2014)

Women who deserve to be in the Bikinis Hall of Fame (Tech-media-tainment; Aug. 26, 2014)

Photo: Actress Brigitte Bardot in 1952.