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Gallerygoers who approach sculpture with high seriousness were put off at first by Greco's 7-ft., posturing Bathers, nude except for a Bikini with tight, binding bra. But Greco expects spectators to chuckle at the unexpected solemnity of their plump, vapid faces-while admiring their slender-legged charms. Says he, "They are comic figures, part of our society. They have participated in life; their participation is my theme...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: In Bronze & Marble | 5/12/1958 | See Source »

...Films-Around-the-World), Brigitte Bardot's sixth major U.S. release, contains enough provocative photography to give a teen-ager the Brigitters and to accelerate his grandfather's Bardotage. Though Brigitte wears more than 15 costumes, one suitcase could easily carry the lot. When not wearing a bikini, she wriggles about in tutus, tights and gossamer nighties. Once she wears a pirate suit that is slashed at the most astonishing points...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures, may 12, 1958 | 5/12/1958 | See Source »

...women's clothes, the bathing suit has worn best through the ups and downs of high fashion; 1947 brought the Bikini, and no one has quite been able to top that. But last week, as it has come to dresses, coats, suits and negligees, the chemise came to bathing suits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FASHION: Chemise at Sea | 4/14/1958 | See Source »

Boston is not the city in which to see a racy film in its original form. The subtitles seem mildly watered down, sporting such translations as "shady ladies" and "To Hades with you." The most flagrant breach of the Production Code is a Bikini revealing the navel...

Author: By Charles I. Kingson, | Title: My Seven Little Sins | 11/6/1957 | See Source »

...Oakley thinks equally well of our fair city. Also present are the Riders of the Purple Sage who are still drifting along the tumbling tumbleweed searching for some cool, cool water. There is also a square dance on horseback, trick riding, and two girls doing trick roping in semi-Bikini type costumes. These interludes do not leave a great amount of time available for events, and since there are over a hundred contestants, there are a lot of actionless days for the cowboys...

Author: By Bryce E. Nelson, | Title: Rodeo Loses Roughness Away From West | 10/25/1957 | See Source »

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