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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Jim
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9 years ago

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

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    Master Markus
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    9 years ago

    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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    Allison Cockburn
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    9 years ago

    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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    9 years ago

    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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    9 years ago

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

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    jacluckycat
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    9 years ago

    I love that old hollywood glamour

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    Flora Polvado
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    9 years ago

    Cute outfit.

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    Amaranthim Talon
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    9 years ago

    Think those have their own zip code...

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    Jayne Mansfield

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    Sara Duckett
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    9 years ago

    Pretty sure this is Jayne Mansfield.

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    John Holden
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    9 years ago

    "You'll poke your eye out, kid!"

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    Dawna Glow
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    9 years ago

    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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    9 years ago

    The darts in the top make them even pointier.

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    Asia
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    9 years ago

    WOW she's beautiful!!

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    Vintage Glamour

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    Christopher Willmot
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    9 years ago

    Beautiful

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    Bullet Bra

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    Leah Forgy
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    9 years ago

    That's not from the 40s

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    Vintage Fashion

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    Jilltdcatlady
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    9 years ago

    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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    Janice Foster
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    9 years ago

    But....WHY??! They look ridiculous!

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    Jayne Mansfield

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    Debra Starr Moon
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    9 years ago

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

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    Jilltdcatlady
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    9 years ago

    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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    Aprille Park
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    9 years ago

    You'll poke your eye out, kid.

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    Lilibeth Rodriguez
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    9 years ago

    Ooooh her shoes!!!!!

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    Jilltdcatlady
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    9 years ago

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

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    Bullet Bra

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    Patagoniakid Patagoniakid
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    9 years ago

    Her waist is more impressive!

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    Pat
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    9 years ago

    Julie Newmar

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    Mibo Dumplings
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    9 years ago

    Imagine hugging her

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    ispeak catanese
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    9 years ago

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

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    Rhonda Fleming

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    Dave
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    9 years ago

    Rhonda Fleming

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    Jane Russell

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    Debra Starr Moon
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    9 years ago

    The beautiful Jane Russell.

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    Bettie Page

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    Kara
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    9 years ago

    Is this Betty Page?

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    Mark Short
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    8 years ago

    Torpedos !!

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    #31

    Carole Lesley

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    Debbie Saloman
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    9 years ago

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

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    Fashionable Looks

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    9 years ago

    That's some big lipstick.

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    Jayne Mansfield And Diana Dors

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    9 years ago

    Jayne Mansfield and Diana Dors

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    9 years ago

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

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    Glamour Shot

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    Master Markus
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    9 years ago

    That hypotenuse.

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    Lisa Jarvis
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    4 years ago

    Looks like my gram

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    OdangaUsagi
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    9 years ago

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

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    Leah Forgy
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    9 years ago

    Oh my.

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    Kara Neice
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    9 years ago

    She looks uncomfortable in so many ways... 😂

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    Dorothy Lamour

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    Connie Martin
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    9 years ago

    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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    8 years ago

    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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    Connie Martin
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    9 years ago

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

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    Tina Louise

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    Cathy Lowery
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    9 years ago

    Tina Louise from Gilligan's Island?

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    Jacques Godin
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    9 years ago

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

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    Blonde Bombshell

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    Juana
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    9 years ago

    Crazy eyes! 👀

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    Cathie Kaye
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    9 years ago

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

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    Susan Jones
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    8 years ago

    That is a super classy look.

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    Mat Gdowski
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    9 years ago

    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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    9 years ago

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

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    Vintage Glamour

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    Juana
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    9 years ago

    Beautiful.

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    LSR
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    9 years ago

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

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    Joan Collins And Jayne Mansfield

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    Tracy Taylor
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    9 years ago

    Joan Collins and Jayne Mansfield

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    Vintage Photoshoot

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    Marcelle
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    9 years ago

    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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    9 years ago

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

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    Connie Martin
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    9 years ago

    Her posture is so silly

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    #56

    Bunny Yeager

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    Drexel Delaney
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    9 years ago

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

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    Morgan Painter
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    7 years ago

    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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    Yvonne DeCarlo

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    ispeak catanese
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    9 years ago

    Gorgeous.

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    Diana Dors

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    cheryl sutton
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    1 year ago

    Billie Eilish

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    Bettie Page

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    Terri Rowland
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    9 years ago

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

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    Karolína T.
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    9 years ago

    Missing a part of her head...!

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    Debra Starr Moon
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    9 years ago

    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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    7 years ago

    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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    9 years ago

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

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    Mat Gdowski
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    9 years ago

    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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    Lucia Benard-Martinez
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    8 years ago

    When models are real girls not like this days!

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    Gloria Talbott

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    David Hogan
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    5 years ago

    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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    9 years ago

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

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    Martha Hyer

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    Morgan Painter
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    8 years ago

    Oh, now that looks really nice.

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    Morgan Painter
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    7 years ago

    Gorgeous

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    Sweater Girl

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    Connie Martin
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    9 years ago

    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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    Athena Cadena
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    9 years ago

    When thick was beautiful.

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    Vintage Magazine Cover Photo

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    Grahame Ware
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    5 years ago

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

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    Mamie Van Doren

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    Princess of Mirth
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    9 years ago

    The still lovely Mamie Van Doren

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    Piper Laurie

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    Debra Starr Moon
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    9 years ago

    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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    4 years ago

    Yolanda Betbeze, Miss America 1951, 1950

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    Bullet Bra

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    Morgan Painter
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    8 years ago

    Wow she's kind of sexy.

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    Johanna Tøugu
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    9 years ago

    wow those legs!!

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    Morgan Painter
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    8 years ago

    She's cute.

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    Drexel Delaney
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    9 years ago

    Smoking will stunt your ... growth!

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    Jacques Godin
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    9 years ago

    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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    Morgan Painter
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    7 years ago

    SEXY

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    Jane Russell

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    Cathy Lowery
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    9 years ago

    Jane Russell

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    Vintage Glamour

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    Bettye McKee
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    9 years ago

    A little too gothic.

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    Janet Leigh

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    Enzo MiMo
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    7 years ago

    Jamie Lee Curtis' mom?

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    Mat Gdowski
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    9 years ago

    Uhhhh funny bra and no pants? 😳😳😳

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    Betty Grable

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    Enzo MiMo
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    7 years ago

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

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    Bullet Bra Fashion

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    Morgan Painter
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    7 years ago

    Cute face but wow that figure.

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    Bullet Bra

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    Juana
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    9 years ago

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

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    Morgan Painter
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    8 years ago

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

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    Jacques Godin
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    9 years ago

    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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    Enzo MiMo
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    7 years ago

    She has HUGE tracts of land! :D

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    Enzo MiMo
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    7 years ago

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

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    Jilltdcatlady
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    9 years ago

    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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    Lesley Watts
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    9 years ago

    Dorothy Malone from Peyton place

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    Connie Martin
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    9 years ago

    Nope nope nope nope nope

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