If you don’t know what a bullet bra is then you could be forgiven for thinking it’s something dangerous. And in a way it is, because its extremely conical points are sharp enough to poke your eye out.

You don’t see many of these vintage bras these days but they were very popular during the 1940s and 1950s. They were made famous by the sweater girls (various Hollywood actresses who adopted the fashion of wearing tight sweaters over a bullet-shaped or cone bra), and Madonna even wore one designed by Jean Paul Gaultier during her Blond Ambition Tour back in 1990. A vintage fashion lingerie company called What Katie Did was the first company to bring bullet bras back into modern production in 1999, and since then other companies have also started to make their own version of the iconic underwear. Scroll down for a collection of vintage photos featuring women modeling bullet bras in true 1950s fashion. Don’t forget to vote for your favorite!

(h/t: vintage everyday)

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A Sweater Girl

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Jim
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8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That Dash is sexy, I miss the design of those classic cars.

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    Master Markus
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the one picture so far that looks alright to me. Probably because it's not under a sweater, making it look like the woman has oddly deformed breasts.

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    Vintage Fashion

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    Allison Cockburn
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Really thinking I need to invest in one of these bad boys. Bring this fashion trend back!

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    The One And Only Marilyn Monroe

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    coffee zombie
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Maybe it's because Marilyn Monroe is wearing them but this picture doesn't look ridiculous

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    Elizabeth Taylor

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    Allana Rose
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Liz could be wearing a burlap sack and still look fabulous in it!

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    Old Hollywood Fashion

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    Vintage Look

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    Bullet Bra

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    Jayne Mansfield

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    Vintage Outfit

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    Vintage Blonde Bombshell

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    Dawna Glow
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    ever wonder what a teenage boy thought when he saw the real boob?

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    Marilyn Monroe

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    Sharon Vaughn
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The darts in the top make them even pointier.

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    Bullet Bra Fashion

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    Vintage Fashion

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    Jilltdcatlady
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    TV Announcer: before the Wonder Bra, before the Push Up Bra,before Plastic Surgery there was (dramatic music)...THE BULLET BRA! (Audience applause)

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    A Sweater Girl

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    Jayne Mansfield

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    Debra Starr Moon
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Jane Mansfield. Mariska Hargitay's (from law and order) mother. You can see the resemblance.

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    Marilyn Monroe

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    Jilltdcatlady
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Are her pointy boobs closer to her waist than modern day boobs? Or is it an illusion created by the clothes and point of view?

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    Bullet Bra

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    Vintage Fashion

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    Vintage Undergarments

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    Jilltdcatlady
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I just realized... there is no possible way to create cleavage.

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    Sweater Girl

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    Vintage Outfit

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    Bullet Bra Fashion

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    ispeak catanese
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I had a waist like that when I was 9. *bursts into sobs*

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    Rhonda Fleming

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    Jane Russell

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    Bettie Page

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    Vintage Fashion

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    Carole Lesley

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    Debbie Saloman
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is the British actress Carole Lesley - she was a friend of my Grandma.

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    Fashionable Looks

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    Jayne Mansfield And Diana Dors

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    Vintage Fashion

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    Sharon Vaughn
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Anne Francis? She had a mole (beauty mark) on the right of her chin.

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    Bullet Bra

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    Vintage Fashion

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    OdangaUsagi
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "Al...most.. free.... just..a.. little further...!"

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    Vintage Summer Look

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    Vintage Sporty Look

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    Kara Neice
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She looks uncomfortable in so many ways... 😂

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    Dorothy Lamour

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    Connie Martin
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Okay, on Dorothy Lamour it almost looks natural. For one thing they're not hiked up to her armpits.

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    Brigitte Bardot

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    Morgan Painter
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lovely, and NOT pointed, at least not by 1960's norms. This the lift and separate look you heard advertised on radio and TV. This might be the playtex 18 hour which some today might consider a bullet style, but thank goodness no spear points.

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    Bullet Bra Fashion

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    Connie Martin
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    AAs in a bullet bra. Not good. Not that DDs are either.

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    Tina Louise

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    Vintage Fashion

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    Jacques Godin
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Honey, I packed you a full thermos of hot milk for lunch! LOL

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    Blonde Bombshell

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    Vintage Undergarments

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    Cathie Kaye
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They still sell these bras in marks and Spencer's 🤣

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    Vintage Look

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    Bullet Bra

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    Mat Gdowski
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    She might fit behind the tree to hide, but her bullet boobs won't! LOL! 🤣🤣

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    Hollywood Starlet

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    Becca Britton
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Wow.. she bears a strong resemblance to Brittany murphy..

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    Vintage Glamour

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    Vintage Look

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    LSR
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like she has a third one on her back, lol

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    Joan Collins And Jayne Mansfield

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    Vintage Photoshoot

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    Marcelle
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Face reminds me a little of Gwen Stephanie

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    Vintage Summer Look

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    Mandy Martinez
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Back when thighs were allowed to be real, you go girl!

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    Vintage Photoshoot

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    Bunny Yeager

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    Drexel Delaney
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Bunny was once a guest on "What's My Line?". Available on YouTube.

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    Marilyn Monroe

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    Morgan Painter
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Marilyn was making a face here I had never seen before. I didn't know it was her until in another place it was verified as her.

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    Diana Dors

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    Bettie Page

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    Terri Rowland
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Reminds me of the dark haired daughter out of Dirty Dancing 💃

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    Bullet Bra Fashion

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    Vintage Fashion

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    Debra Starr Moon
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Am I the only one who thinks she looks a bit like Anna Nicole smith?

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    Patti Page

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    Enzo MiMo
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Patti's cheekbones are more impressive than her boob-ular appendages.

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    Karen Steele

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    Friedlander Rosenzweig
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0824606/mediaviewer/rm168536832 Karen Steele played Eve McHuron on Star Trek.

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    Bullet Bra Fashion

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    Mat Gdowski
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    The hair dryer looks like the bra. Maybe that is where he inspiration came from? 😳

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    Vintage Underwear

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    Gloria Talbott

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    David Hogan
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A good actress, famed as the unhappy bride in I Married a Monster from Outer Space (silly title for a thoughtful, scary thriller).

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    Evelyn West

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    Terri Rowland
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Alien super heroine...possibly early star trek character lol

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    Martha Hyer

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    Vintage Glamour

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    Sweater Girl

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    Connie Martin
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    It's about the sheer damn sweaters, gals. It looks like your nipples are going to poke through, and that makes viewers uncomfortable.

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    Vintage Summer Fashion

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    Vintage Magazine Cover Photo

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    Grahame Ware
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    4 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Somewhere between Paris and London, a fashion accident occurs...

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    Mamie Van Doren

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    Piper Laurie

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    Debra Starr Moon
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Piper Laurie, the mother from the original "Carrie" with Sissy Spacek.

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    Patti Page

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    Vintage Fashion

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    Scott Griffin
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    3 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Yolanda Betbeze, Miss America 1951, 1950

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    Bullet Bra

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    Vintage Photoshoot

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    Vintage Fashion

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    Bullet Bra Fashion

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    Vintage Underwear

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    Jacques Godin
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And I thought I was the only one to show up at work in my underwear, I had forgotten to wear my pants! LOL

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    Vintage Bullet Bra

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    Jane Russell

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    Vintage Glamour

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    Janet Leigh

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    Sweater Girl

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    Betty Grable

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    Enzo MiMo
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Ooh, ankle bracelet!... VERY risque' back then!

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    Bullet Bra Fashion

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    Bullet Bra

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    Juana
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh dear, someone's headlights are on high beam.

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    Vintage Fashion

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    Morgan Painter
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    7 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Something is wrong with the one in the middle. Her bullets are pointing at the ground!

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    Bullet Bra

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    Jacques Godin
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And I thought that they couldn't wear that on the streets, it's quite unsafe, distracting male drivers!

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    Barbara Windsor

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    Vintage Fashion

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    Enzo MiMo
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    6 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    KEYHOLE sweater FTW! The "porthole" is shaped exactly like my face! :D

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    Vera Day

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    Jilltdcatlady
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    8 years ago Created by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I keep getting the "I'm not talking to you" "well I'm not talking to you either" vibe with some of the pictures.

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    Dorothy Malone

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    Bullet Bra

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