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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Good point (or two).
Hilarious. The jokes write themselves...
Golden Gate?
Tower Bridge?
Sunshine Skyway?
Chest-o-Peak?(or ... Peek maybe?) [Playing off the Chesapeake Bay Bridge for those who didn't get the joke]
It is clearly more sturdy than the Tacoma Narrows.
Although I am compelled to wonder about the design point natural frequency...
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Thanks folks, I'll be here all week. Don't forget to tip your waiters.
Another one, Sheree North, used to say that 20th Century Fox kept her under contract for many years, as a threat to hold over Monroe’s head to stop her constant lateness and general bad behavior.
I love Dolly. She’s on my list of people I’d like to have a cup of coffee with. What a character!
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Monroe didn’t have anything on North, had trouble posting the picture, but this is one I remember. You can see it here http://elviswomen.greggers.net/images/north006.jpg
I always thought North had such a fascinating quality. Even when she was older, doing character parts and had trouble controlling her shaking, I loved her. I thought she should have been a huge star and not just a footnote.
I’ll give you two reasons...
...the grace of G-d.
[I've seen photos from her Playboy shoot. No bra present.]
The tower bridge is a modified bascule bridge, the sunshine skyway has cable-stayed sections, and the Chesepeake is a pile-supported bridge.
/bridge geek
Joke killer!
[I actually knew 2 of the 3 you corrected were not susp bridges, but the names worked for the jokes - I suppose I should apologize - but I won’t - :-) ]
P.S. Here is the syntax for posting images.
< img src='http://elviswomen.greggers.net/images/north006.jpg' >
There is only one space in the sentence, between the img and the src.
LOL, absolutely no reason to apologize. I liked the joke, it’s just the bridge nerd in me coming out.
Thanks for writing this post for me! Dittos.
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