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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]
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]
Examples include Brigitte Bardot (1955, 1971), [8] Elizabeth Taylor in a Playboy magazine pictorial from the set of Cleopatra, [9] Peggy Moffitt modeling Rudi Gernreich's topless maillot and how Life magazine handled the story (1964), [10] [11] and the emergence of handbras in publications such as the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue by model ...
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 ...
Peggy Moffit in Rudi Gernreich’s Monokini, 1964 ... As Moffitt said in 2012, ‘What was going on was a sort of feeling about sexuality, bosoms, and all that dirtiness. ... “This photo was ...
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.
Tiegs also talks about her first cover for the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, noting that the photo was not a part of the official photoshoot. Tiegs first graced the cover of the special issue ...