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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, [20] a rear view of Moffitt modeling the swimsuit on June 2, 1964, [21] [22] and the following day columnist Carol Bjorkman of Women's Wear Daily published a frontal view picture of Moffitt wearing the suit. [21] The photograph became a world-wide news event. [23]
A two-piece suit with a top half that covered more of the wearer's torso than a standard bikini top, the suit was an instant hit with customers. [48] Variations of the tankini, made of spandex -and- cotton or Lycra -and- nylon , have been named camkini , with spaghetti straps instead of tank-shaped straps over a bikini bottom, and even ...
[153] A photograph of Peggy Moffitt, the famous model for the suit, appeared in Women's Wear Daily, Life and numerous other publications. [ 154 ] Despite the negative reaction of fashion critics and church officials, shoppers purchased about 3000 of his swimsuit design at $24 each that summer, though the only woman reported as having worn it to ...
Aussie stunner Elle Macpherson graced the cover in 1998 and she shared a photo recently of her incredible cover. On the cover she was more covered up than recent stars and rocked a black one-piece ...
Four cities per season. Hundreds of shows per city. Double-digit looks per show. It all amounts to thousands of new runway looks every year. And hundreds more appear on the red carpet and in the ...
Peggy Moffitt Rachel Williams Shalom Harlow Sofia Coppola Stella Tennant Susan Forristal Trish Goff Veruschka: Steven Meisel: November: Linda Evangelista: Steven Meisel: December: Kristen McMenamy: Steven Meisel
Tiegs, now 77, says in the doc that the photo of her walking on a beach in Brazil wearing the eye-catching one-piece that exposed her nipples wasn't planned. Oscar Abolafia/TPLP/Getty Cheryl Tiegs ...