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Alla Nazimova Pre-Bikini Bikini

Davin interior, America
c. 1917 AZ191710

Costume
   Strapped bra with fringe and skirted nombril or waistband. Headdress, armlets, bracelets, shoes.

   TML. N-3. bellage.

Actions
   Alla dances in a very low-waisted, full leg-baring outfit (1).

Commentary
   Alla Nazimova makes her transition from the stage to the movies in 1916, and this still is probably from one of her early dance movies.
   And is this not a bikini line? See more on the influence of stage costumes on the bikini (1925-1930).

Source
   Possibly a publicity still from the film Eye to Eye, Metro, 1917. Scanned from Don Morgan and Lois Lacy, Leg Art, The Citadel Press, Secaucus, NJ, 1981, p. 43. No specific acknowledgments, implied is the authors' collection. 1 picture.
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