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Rudolf "Rudi" Gernreich [1] (August 8, 1922 – April 21, 1985) was an Austrian-born American fashion designer whose avant-garde clothing designs are generally regarded as the most innovative and dynamic fashion of the 1960s. He purposefully used fashion design as a social statement to advance sexual freedom, producing clothes that followed the ...
English: Bathing costume, designed by Rudi Gernreich, United States, c. 1964. Collection of Modemuseum Hasselt. Rudi Gernreich was the first designer to design and have manufactured a topless bathing costume. The design caused great controversy and generated a massive amount of publicity and notoriety for the designer.
Margaret Moffitt (October 2, 1937 – August 10, 2024) was an American model and actress. During the 1960s, she worked very closely with fashion designer Rudi Gernreich, and developed a signature style that featured heavy makeup and an asymmetrical haircut.
Oreste Francesco Pucciani (April 7, 1916 – April 28, 1999) was a pioneer teacher of Jean-Paul Sartre's philosophy at UCLA.He was the last partner of Rudi Gernreich, fashion designer, and at the latter's death, established the ACLU Rudi Gernreich-Oreste Pucciani Endowment Fund to support the fight for LGBT rights.
The monokini, also known as a "topless bikini" or "unikini", [11] [12] was designed by Rudi Gernreich in 1964, consisting of only a brief, close-fitting bottom and two thin straps; [13] it was the first women's topless swimsuit.
The Temperamentals is a 2009 play by Jon Marans.It chronicles the founding of the Mattachine Society, the first sustained LGBT rights organization in the United States, and the love affair of two of its founding members, Harry Hay (Thomas Jay Ryan) and Rudi Gernreich (Michael Urie).
Austrian-born American fashion designer Rudi Gernreich preferred that his designs should be worn braless. [8] In October 1964, Gernreich collaborated with Exquisite Form to create "No Bra". The bra was made of sheer fabric without underwires or lining of any kind. Unlike contemporary bras, his design allowed breasts to assume their natural ...
Peggy Moffit in Rudi Gernreich’s Monokini, 1964 “Sixties icon and future incarnate Peggy Moffitt wears the 20th century’s most radical garment: the monokini by Rudi Gernreich.