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Minoan Dancer Ancient Topless

Crete
1600 BC C1600BC

Costume
   Short sleeve topless full-length dress. Headdress. Makeup. Snakes.

   TB.

Actions
   A Minoan dancer holds a pair of serpents (1).

Commentary
   Life magazine, 3500 years later when Rudi Gernreich invents the topless maillot, will cite this as an example that topless is not a new idea. But even this is not even the oldest record of topless costume.

Source
   No photo credit. Shana Alexander, "Fashion's Best Joke on Itself in Years," Life , July 10, 1964, p.60. 1 picture.
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