Posted on 07/16/2009 10:21:42 AM PDT by llevrok
The Hollywood star's striking appearance was often put down to the contrast between her ample cleavage, tiny waist and swinging hips. Her vital statsistics were an amazing 37-23-36.
But her voluptuous body was not all God-given, it has been discovered – she boosted her bust to a D cup using a heavy duty padded bra favoured by strippers and burlesque dancers.
One of her bras – known as a Fling – is up for auction in Britain after being unearthed after 50 years in a private US collection.
The heavy-duty bra – which "perfectly positioned" and enlarged the breasts was reinforced with extra straps running in a triangle from the centre of the bra over the shoulders, similar to how a suspension bridge works.
It had underwired half-cups that were intended to lift the film star's breasts into an impressive cleavage.
It even had an extra pair of outer cups sticking out an inch to give the impression that Monroe had a larger chest than in reality.
Richard Davie, from International Autograph Auctions, said: "The bra looks very complicated at first glance and it actually has four cups inside it – sort of like an early Wonderbra.
"But then there's another larger cup about an inch further out, to give the impression she had a bigger chest."
The lingerie is expected to fetch £2,000 when it goes up for auction alongside a pair of the nude, sheer, Christian Dior silk stockings. Katie Halford, a designer of vintage lingerie firm What Katie Did, said Fling bras were worn by strippers and burlesque artists and were hardly seen today.
She said: "These bras would have been invisible under clothing and ideal for wearing under halter-neck dresses, like the one she wore in the Seven Year Itch."
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A sad, sad woman. What is the fascination?
What happened to her arms?
The “secret” is having the right stuff to put into that contraption.
She did.
Okay, now that’s funny!
What's the technology behind THAT boulder holder?
Today, as back then, a couple of things....
The most overrated sex symbol in history. Kim Novak, Sophia Loren, Ava Gardner—all outshone her. But MM did excel at playing MM.
A marvelous feat of engineering — and to think that it was designed without the aid of a supercomputer!
She RULED her generation (and genre).
Hard to be “overrated” when you do that.
Her death underscored her legendary status, but she’d already achieved that status while alive.
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I hate these completely made-up "discoveries" more than just about anything.
Not only was there a Marilyn Monroe, there was the poor man’s Monroe, Jayne Mansfield, and the poor man’s Mansfield, Mamie Van Doren. And the British Monroe, Diana Dors.
She wore no bra in her (in)famous calendar photo too!
Or strip nude for Playboy.
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