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Peggy Moffitt, the actor and model who became a 1960s mod icon wearing designer Rudi Gernreich’s famous topless bathing suit design and other bold looks of the era, died Saturday in Beverly Hills.
Look was the first to publish, after LIFE refused, [21] a rear view of Moffitt modeling the swimsuit on June 2, 1964, [1] [22] and the following day columnist Carol Bjorkman of Women's Wear Daily published a frontal view picture of Moffitt wearing the suit. [1] The photograph became a world-wide news event. [23]
Peggy Moffit in Rudi Gernreich’s Monokini, 1964 ... “This photo was taken two years after the 1994 New Yorker profile that declared Chloë Sevigny the coolest girl in the world. And while ...
Moffitt said the design was a logical evolution of Gernreich's avant-garde ideas in swimwear design as much as a scandalous symbol of the permissive society. [34] He saw the swimsuit as a protest against repressive society. He predicted that "bosom will be uncovered within five years". He saw baring of a woman's breasts as a form of freedom. [35]
The Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition is easily one of the most popular pictorials of all time and it's featured tons of famous models through the years. ... Aussie stunner Elle Macpherson ...
The shoot included swimsuit and nude photos. She was called and told her photo would be published, assuming it was a swimsuit photo. She was paid $50 for the shoot. It ended up being for Playboy. Just after the publishing, Del Monte got married and had children.
He married model Peggy Moffitt in 1960 and had one son, Christopher M. Claxton, born in 1973. Claxton died on October 11, 2008, of complications from congestive heart failure , one day before his 81st birthday.
From itty-bitty bottoms to designer tops, stars can't stop showing off their curves in bikinis. Kendall Jenner and Hailey Bieber kicked off 2024 with sizzling snaps from their tropical getaway ...