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Cafe Royale, England 1957 CR5710 Costume Cotton jacket over strapped halter and nombril. TML. N-5. Actions Seen in England during a fashion show, this constructed halter and very low-rise nombril (1) point more to the future than the present, and show that the fashion world is often better than the pinup world at prediction. Commentary This is a very advanced bikini for 1957, with its very low waistline, the suggestion of a side-tie, string neck straps, and the busy pattern contributing to its modernist look. But the full halter and complicated construction project it forward into the 1960s, and it is a very prescient look into the future. Source Scanned from Pedro Silmon, The Bikini, Virgin Books, London, 1986, credited to BBC Hulton Picture Library. 1 picture. |
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