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Ursula Andress & Jean-Paul Belmondo Strapped and Straps

Beach, Europe
November 1966 UA6610

Costume
   Andress wears a string strap push-up bra and sidestrapped nombril, either bikini or underwear worn as bikini.
   Belmondo is bearchested with trunks.

   Andress is TML. Excessive cleavage and N-4. Nippage?
   Belmondo is TMC.

Actions
   Off-set during a movie shoot in Europe, pinup and movie star Ursula Andress towels the back of one of Europe's leading men (1).

Commentary
   We are not sure whether this lady is wearing underwear in public or a swimsuit, but in either event she is clearly in a swimsuit context. There is water behind couple. He barechested with trunks and appears to have just come out of the water as she towels his back.
   The fact that bikini and lingerie can enjoy the same cut is not lost on another curvy cleavage queen either: witness Raquel Welch (RW196720)
   The bra is underwired and the camera angle is such that we can see down into it from above and behind, and imagine nippage. This cleavage is in addition to rather forceful cleavage overall, Andress is a madam at this (see for example, her handling of a simularly cut bra during Dr. No (UA6310)).
   The widely-spaced and narrow sidestraps stylistically match the wide sidestraps on the brief, creating one of those silhouette moments when the top and bottom of the bikini harmonize in radiant splendor.

Source
   Life, November 11, 1966. This quite revealing photograph appears in the biggest mass-circulation family magazine in America. Its publication is a statement as much about the media of mainstream as it is a movie star. Life, throughout its golden era, publishes a softcore eroticia that strikes a wonderful balance between the down-clutter of the girlie magazine and lauching the moral conservatives off the deep end. 1 picture.
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