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Bullet Bras Were All The Rage In The 1940s And 1950s, And These 98 Pics Will Poke Your Eyes
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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#1
A Sweater Girl
Robert Hoffman 6 years ago
Now thats what I call sexy, almost as much as pure nudity, may be more?
Bridget Smith 8 years ago
Right? Girl, I would gladly wear that weird bullet bra if I could have your legs!
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Morgan Painter 7 years ago
Gorgeous. This is how many women looked back in 1960 when I was 12. Shapely. The stuff women wear now smashes their breasts so they look like they have melons under their blouse.
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#2
Vintage Underwear
Master Markus 8 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.
Michelle Bindle 6 years ago
Deformed? Man, when I was 18 mine had that shape with no bra. To me, this looks natural.
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Michelle Bindle 6 years ago
If it is that uncomfortable, chances are it is not a good fit. Get to an upscale store, get fitted by a sweet little old lady who reminds you of an aunt, and you will not believe the difference. I did it, you can too.
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Holly Rossmaier Newingham 8 years ago
Surprises me ppl think Madonna was the first... she was the "pointy-est"... there are no more 1sts in fashion
Kirk Cockrell 3 years ago
I dated this girl Gail Cockrell who used to wear bullet bras for me!! 💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝💝
#3
Vintage Fashion
Allison Cockburn 8 years ago
Really thinking I need to invest in one of these bad boys. Bring this fashion trend back!
Arlene McKeon 8 years ago
I'm 82 and remember these marvelous bras with fondness; they were stitched around to hold those point up. Yes mam. I remember one scene in Star Trek; the female was laid out dying or something, Kirk bending over her and those things were pointing straight up like soldiers. Amazing.
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Revgirl2017 8 years ago
Sometimes we already look like we own them.. on a cold day when the lady parts are at attention we can scratch a car door
Sarcasticow 8 years ago
Very practical! Imagine all the things she can hold on her 'shelf'-that typewriter, cigarettes, a child, blow-dryer...
#4
The One And Only Marilyn Monroe
coffee zombie 8 years ago
Maybe it's because Marilyn Monroe is wearing them but this picture doesn't look ridiculous
Creatively Social 8 years ago
I'm thinking she's not wearing a bullet bra at all, that's au naturale.
#5
Elizabeth Taylor
Suzanne Haigh 4 years ago
I think she was the most beautiful women in the world without needing surgery/botox etc
#6
Old Hollywood Fashion
#7
Vintage Look
ispeak catanese 8 years ago
I have a bra that makes me as pointy as this and let me tell you it makes my top half look really sexy. Unfortunately, I'd never prance around showing it because it has more stitching, scaffolding and rebar than any suspension bridge you'll see, it's not something to wear uncovered to seduce anybody!
Michelle Bindle 5 years ago
This has to be photoshopped. The previous photon is what Meri Anders really looked like.
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David Hogan 4 years ago
Merry Anders, a great beauty and a better-than-competent actress. Like many other screen sirens, she deserved a better career.
#8
Bullet Bra
#9
Jayne Mansfield
Mary Hurst 8 years ago
You are correct. And I believe she is actress Marisa Haraity (sp?) mother
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Michael Lambert 8 years ago
In 1958 even the cars had bullet boobs. https://www.google.com/search?q=1958+cadillac+bumper&rlz=1C1CHZL_enUS687US687&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiGgJz81evUAhVIyT4KHZAVAYEQ_AUICygC&biw=1918&bih=948#imgrc=onl3RnObgvIlVM:
Teleri Nyfain 8 years ago
I now really feel old - when it's Mariska Hargitay that people know rather than her mom!!!!
Victor Botha 3 years ago
Car bumpers, especially the 1950's Cadillacs had what were referred to as "Dagmars" that mimicked the bullet bra style. Named after 1950's TV star Dagmar from the "Broadway Open Hour" which was a TV show in the 1950's
#10
Vintage Outfit
CultOfBambi 8 years ago
They're all a little much, if you ask me. But I guess every generation has it's own ridiculous fashions.
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Patty Hepner 8 years ago
OMG .......Not Bullets ............Torpedos! Maybe a whole box of Tissues...with the box!
Reedam Choudhary 8 years ago
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#11
Vintage Blonde Bombshell
Sarcasticow 8 years ago
I think many bras today also make men think the same...
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Jilltdcatlady 8 years ago
And all this time "Bring out the big guns" had nothing to do with WW2....
Enea 8 years ago
That's the exact body shape of barbie dolls. I always wondered after which breasts hers were modeled.
Jilltdcatlady 8 years ago
1959 , i never put it together til you said something! Thanks.
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#12
Marilyn Monroe
persephone134 1 month ago
I vaguely remember an anecdote from the Donald Spoto biography, which said that she was wearing artificial nipples inside her bras as extra eyecatchers.
Barbara Huck 6 years ago
This is when top/blouse and dressmakers and designers put darts in clothing. Now, they don't have the fit of the way they used to. Plus its cheaper this way, they kinda hang on you.
#13
Bullet Bra Fashion
Friedlander Rosenzweig 8 years ago
I think it may be Martha Hyer...http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0405054/mediaviewer/rm2025695232
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Vintage Glamour
Drexel Delaney 8 years ago
Lana Turner, who burst (pun intended) onto the scene with a breast-bouncing walk in a tight sweater (when she was fifteen years old) in 1937's, "They WOn't Forget".
Enzo MiMo 6 years ago
It's always good to have a stage-mom who will pimp you out to the Weinstein-du-jour and his casting divan.
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Debbie Rak 8 years ago
That button on the right looks like it's going to pop off someday and hit someone in the eye!
#15
Bullet Bra
Kara Neice 8 years ago
I think this one is one of my faves. Not in your face and she is lovely.
#16
Vintage Fashion
Jilltdcatlady 8 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)
Donna Oades 8 years ago
She looks like she's breathing in her stomach as tight as it will go, and sticking her chest out as much as she can! I think the boob to waist ratio is what makes some of these pics look so strange. If they had larger waists, the pointy boobs wouldn't look so big and noticeable.
ispeak catanese 8 years ago
If two traffic cones will make my waist look that delicate, I'll be at the nearest roadway construction tonight!
Morgan Painter 7 years ago
But notice here the bullet bra does not come out to sharp points like spears. This one is at least somewhat rounded. It might look a bit exaggerated because she is big on top. This is Betty Blue. If I remember correctly she measured 39 - 22 - 36, so there is a lot of difference between the first number and her waist. She must have needed a 34F or 36E bra. I have no idea who made them way back when but somebody had to .
Michelle Bindle 6 years ago
She was definitely the hourglass figure. She posed for playboy at one time. The internet just cannot get her measurements right. At one time she measured 39 - 22 - 36. Then it lists her as wearing 39D. WTH? With that slender waist no way would she wear a 38 bra. More like a 34F
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A Sweater Girl
Marysia Jawłowska 8 years ago
They can look riddiculous. Like any other trend ever including current ones.
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Rebecca Le Saux 8 years ago
That looks like she's just put her hands in her jumper and pointed her two fingers out
Ann Ros'a 8 years ago
This ones looks bad... But still better then what some woman wear today though.
#18
Jayne Mansfield
Debra Starr Moon 8 years ago
Jane Mansfield. Mariska Hargitay's (from law and order) mother. You can see the resemblance.
#19
Marilyn Monroe
Jilltdcatlady 8 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?
Mia Rodriguez Moreno 8 years ago
I think it's because she has high wasted shorts on and the shirt seems kind of like a crop top, the angle also makes it look like her boobs are lower.
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Beth Chiet 3 years ago
From what I remember Marilyn didn't wear a bra at all during the day...but she always slept in one sooooo perhaps that is why... it's this little thing called gravity 🤗
#20
Bullet Bra
Sherrie Glendening 8 years ago
I don't know which is worse...the snowcones under her sweater or the spiders on her eyes.
Michelle Bindle 1 year ago
Women today have more body fat than women in the 50's and 60's. Their boobs are flabby and droop. In a modern bra the boobs look rounded, that is what you are used to seeing. Women in the 50's had boobs that were more cone shaped. Firm and upright.
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nah....there were a few good pictures, but, the more I see, the more I can't unsee...
#21
Vintage Fashion
#22
Vintage Undergarments
Pam Curley 8 years ago
Cleavage was not a fashionable look back then, they were all about "lift and separate" . check out the old Platex ads.
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ispeak catanese 8 years ago
Ugh, all of this is so uncomfortable. A pox on the inventor of the strapless bra, instrument of torture.
#23
Bullet Bra
Terry Harcrow 2 years ago
She was the ultimate super bomb... sexiest built female in history... Weaver!
Meredith 3 years ago
You realize that's incredibly synched in, right? It's not a gentle indent there. You can see where her ribcage and pelvis start. She definitely has a natural waist, but it looks nothing like this.
Load More Replies... David Hogan 4 years ago
Betty Brosmer was married forever to fitness guru & publisher Joe Weider. She frequently appeared in his fitness magazines.
#24
Sweater Girl
Evett Martin 3 years ago
Them are some tiny shorts. But her legs look amazing. She was pretty.
#25
Vintage Outfit
Mat Gdowski 8 years ago
I think because the shirt/top/sweater isn't as tight. I think that is what makes it look so dramatic in most of the other images.
Load More Replies... Drexel Delaney 8 years ago
Irish McCalla, star of the 1950s TV series, "Sheena, Queen Of The Jungle", a most gorgeous model, tall and in superb physical condition always, later became a renowned artist. An iconic, classic, all-time beauty.
#26
Bullet Bra Fashion
#27
Rhonda Fleming
Evett Martin 3 years ago
She is more than beautiful......she's breathtakingly gorgeous!! Her EYES!! WOW!!
#28
Jane Russell
Mat Gdowski 8 years ago
I don't think she is wearing a bullet bra in this picture. No upper or side straps showing that I can see. I have a feeling this is just her natural shape.
Marcus Betancourt 3 years ago
Jane Russell, Raquel Welch, Sophia Loren, Inger Stephens, Salma Hayek and Loretta Young and Gina Lolabridgetta were some of the Most Beautiful, Georgeous girls that God has ever created.
#29
Bettie Page
Michelle Bindle 1 year ago
She loved bras with contrasting colors. I've seen this in other photos of her.
Pat 8 years ago
Because it's her undies. Undies now don't cover as much. The seams on her stocking. Nightmare to keep straight. And they didn't have any stretch like they do now, the undies, bra or stockings. Same for a garter belt. Thank God for pantyhose and spandex.
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Vintage Fashion
#31
Carole Lesley
Debbie Saloman 8 years ago
This is the British actress Carole Lesley - she was a friend of my Grandma.
Michelle Bindle 5 years ago
she's a cutey. Have to chuckle at the shine from her bra tips. Those old fashioned flash bulbs could do that on a bald head or a shiny elbow.
Michelle Bindle 6 years ago
Wow. Look at the "shine" from her bra. Those old cameras with the flash bulbs were sure good at revealing what you had underneath. Mom taught me to wear bra that matched the sweater for photos. I had to dip mine in dye for a big family photo because all I had back then was white,
Connie Martin 8 years ago
Yah, again, don't wear a white bullet bra under a loose weave sweater. Silly
Ann Ros'a 8 years ago
But she looks better then a lot of woman nowadays. Connie!
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Fashionable Looks
Drexel Delaney 8 years ago
She has the look of confident power. Don't mess with her ... she's packing two 45s.
Michelle Bindle 5 years ago
She measured, 40-21-34. With that small waist and narrow hips I'm betting she wore a 34 bra with an F cup!
#33
Jayne Mansfield And Diana Dors
David Hogan 4 years ago
A composite shot, with separate sources of light. Jayne was at Fox at this time and Brit actress Dors, during a relatively brief stab at Hollywood stardom, worked at RKO. I've never seen a legit shot of the two together.
Morgan Painter 7 years ago
Now be fair these bras don't give that sharp as a spear appearance.
#34
Vintage Fashion
Sharon Vaughn 8 years ago
Anne Francis? She had a mole (beauty mark) on the right of her chin.
Michelle Bindle 1 year ago
She was in a neat TV show as a private eye. Think it was called Honey West. If I'm right there are a few episodes on youtube.
#35
Glamour Shot
Jacques Godin 7 years ago
Well, at least, in rainy weather, their shoes always remained dry!
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Michelle Bindle 1 year ago
Women today have more body fat than women in the 50's and 60's. Their boobs are flabby and droop. In a modern bra the boobs look rounded, that is what you are used to seeing. Women in the 50's had boobs that were more cone shaped. Firm and upright. And a 24-26 inch waist naturally.
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Bullet Bra
Michelle Bindle 5 years ago
Evelyn West. This is not the most flattering photo of her. she was 39-25-35. That bra definitely pushed those puppies straight out. There are topless photos of her looking almost that perky.
Michelle Bindle 6 years ago
This is Evelyn West. Her hairstyle in this photo is not flattering. There are others of her looking quite stylish. I can't believe anyone even noticed hair with those gorgeous bazooms sticking out. I'm guessing by todays standards she wore a 36 D or 34 E. She measured 39-25-35, a true hourglass figure. She did some work as a stripper but ended up living at home alone in her later years. She was very out spoken regarding other women in the limelight and often was insulting. she was a sassy, brassy dame. she insured her breasts with Lloyds of London for $50,000 way back in the 1950's.
#37
Vintage Fashion
Michelle Bindle 1 year ago
Women today have more body fat than women in the 50's and 60's. Their boobs are flabby and droop. In a modern bra the boobs look rounded, that is what you are used to seeing. Women in the 50's had boobs that were more cone shaped. Firm and upright.
#38
Vintage Summer Look
Bettye McKee 8 years ago
So topheavy she has to hold onto something to stay upright.
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Terri Rowland 8 years ago
Oh god, someone flatten them, i have this urge to stick a pin in them 📌 🤣
Michelle Bindle 1 year ago
Tits that don't quit accented by a 22 inch waist. Women today have more body fat than women in the 50's and 60's. Their boobs are flabby and droop. In a modern bra the boobs look rounded, that is what you are used to seeing. Women in the 50's had boobs that were more cone shaped. Firm and upright.
John Satterfield 2 years ago
I had a high school teacher, a full figured lady in her forties who looked a lot like this topside. One guy I knew who was about 15 at the time, , got really torn up about it. "Does she starch them, or what?" he pondered.
#39
Vintage Sporty Look
Susan Mercurio 3 years ago
It was uncomfortable. But fashion designers didn't care about women's comfort back in those days. Ummm...not sure they do now, either.
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Morgan Painter 7 years ago
Yikes that is way too pointed. I know some women bought those not realizing just HOW pointed they looked.
Jilltdcatlady 8 years ago
Is "pointy-ness" related to how sexy it was? As in pin pointy over dull crayon pointy
#40
Dorothy Lamour
Connie Martin 8 years ago
Okay, on Dorothy Lamour it almost looks natural. For one thing they're not hiked up to her armpits.
Drexel Delaney 8 years ago
Another all-time babe. Starred with Bing and Bob in all the "Road To ..." pictures, and Crosby and Hope froze her out when they formed a production and distribution company for their pictures. Classless treatment of a classy lady.
Mat Gdowski 8 years ago
This picture looks no different than an 80's pic...shoulder pads and all. LOL! You almost can't even tell the bra is a bullet type. Looks normal.
#41
Brigitte Bardot
Morgan Painter 7 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.
#42
Bullet Bra Fashion
Mat Gdowski 8 years ago
Looks like you almost needed to be a big B to a small D to wear them.
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Tina Louise
#44
Vintage Fashion
Morgan Painter 7 years ago
I believe this is Myrna former playmate. She is a healthy young woman here. That soft sweater makes her look so huggable!
Morgan Painter 7 years ago
I know I would hurry home from work if she was there.
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Blonde Bombshell
Mat Gdowski 8 years ago
She looks gorgeous and sexy and he looks like a psycho stalker pervert that is crossing his legs because he has to pee really bad. LOL! 🤣🤣🤣
Jacques Godin 8 years ago
I would also look terrified if I ever saw one of those bullet bras in the real world! LOL
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Beth Chiet 3 years ago
Notice the tear in the "fish net "stockings? Or am I the only person that looked there? Yup just me 😁
#46
Vintage Undergarments
ispeak catanese 8 years ago
See? This is what my bridge suspension bra looks like! Ain't it horrific?!
Morgan Painter 7 years ago
It's not. Very secure and supportive without underwire.
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Vintage Look
Pam Curley 8 years ago
What a great outfit, we should revive this whole look!
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Bullet Bra
Mat Gdowski 8 years ago
She might fit behind the tree to hide, but her bullet boobs won't! LOL! 🤣🤣
Jacques Godin 7 years ago
She's actually not hiding, but providing shade for the whole scorching city in the valley below!
Load More Replies... Morgan Painter 7 years ago
There is an example of one you can see the seams under a tight top so it is not the type with circular stitching like a whirlpool, it is probably the type with three section cups.
Michelle Bindle 5 years ago
I think that is June Wilkinson. You can see the seams in her bra right through the sweater! Depending on her mood she had several slightly different faces. She was a neat lady. Measured 40-22-35 in her twenties
#49
Hollywood Starlet
Jacques Godin 7 years ago
You mean to tell me these are all different girls?
Load More Replies... David Hogan 4 years ago
A rather unflattering portrait, but this looks like Diana Darrin aka Theila Darrin.
#50
Vintage Glamour
#51
Vintage Look
Morgan Painter 7 years ago
I didn't notice it until I saw your comment. I think that is her left elbow!
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#52
Joan Collins And Jayne Mansfield
#53
Vintage Photoshoot
David Hogan 4 years ago
Although a Brit, model June Wilkinson spent a great deal of time in the States.
Drexel Delaney 8 years ago
U.S.O. sign points up, Sunset Boulevard sign points West, and June points East.
#54
Vintage Summer Look
Drexel Delaney 8 years ago
Anita Ekberg, a sweet Swede. Any man's knees would buckle at the sight of her.
#55
Vintage Photoshoot
Cathy Lowery 8 years ago
She's trying hard to get his attention off of that carborator!
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Allana Rose 8 years ago
How could guys keep their minds on other things with those boobies always in their faces?
#56
Bunny Yeager
Mat Gdowski 8 years ago
That almost looks like Jayne Mansfield to me but I'm not positive on that.
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Marilyn Monroe
Morgan Painter 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.
#58
Yvonne DeCarlo
Drexel Delaney 8 years ago
In the 1949 picture, "Criss Cross", when Burt Lancaster sees her for the first time, she is dancing with a then-unknown extra ... Tony Curtis.
#59
Diana Dors
David Hogan 4 years ago
Although Dors is recalled as "Britain's answer to Marilyn Monroe," she was doing serious film work in Britain (as a youngster) since the mid-1940s, years before MM was even a blip on American radar. Dors could do romantic comedy, farce, and heavy drama. But her good looks turned out to be the limiting factor in her career, pushing her to blondeness and sex-symbol status after the rise of Marilyn. But Dors thrived for another 20 years after that as a popular, highly sought-after character actress and TV personality. When she died, Britain practically had a national day of mourning.
#60
Bettie Page
#61
Bullet Bra Fashion
Vivienne Louisson 8 years ago
So long as she got the bullet boob thing goin on it doesn't matter where rest of her head's gone
#62
Vintage Fashion
Debra Starr Moon 8 years ago
Am I the only one who thinks she looks a bit like Anna Nicole smith?
#63
Patti Page
#64
Karen Steele
Friedlander Rosenzweig 8 years ago
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0824606/mediaviewer/rm168536832 Karen Steele played Eve McHuron on Star Trek.
Morgan Painter 7 years ago
Classy lady she was in a western with one of my favorite actors, Randolph Scott.
Evett Martin 3 years ago
This looks natural......and on a beautiful woman, make look like her - I will wear any titty slinger you want!!
David Hogan 4 years ago
Morgan Painter, Karen Steele appears in more than one Randolph Scott western; she maintained a longtime love affair with Scott's best director, Budd Boetticher. She was appealing in provocative roles but could do serious work, too. Anyone else recall her as the worried sister-in-law in Marty?
Robert Sherwood 5 years ago
I just watched Mudd’s women last night. Yes it is Karen Steele.
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Bullet Bra Fashion
Mat Gdowski 8 years ago
The hair dryer looks like the bra. Maybe that is where he inspiration came from? 😳
#66
Vintage Underwear
John Satterfield 2 years ago
I wonder if this is some kind of fund raising event., judging from the fact that none of the woman really appear to be professional models. I believe at this time, some women's groups would stage fashion shows, some regular street clothes, but some a bit more outrageous, and sell high priced tickets to a select audience. The money went to a charity, so it was done for a good cause, and the women got to do something rather outrageous because they were raising money for a charity or local non-profit. Actually, they're not showing any more than a 2 piece bathing suit of the time would show.
Alicia Rose 8 years ago
Correct, YOUR perception of beauty was not required.
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Gloria Talbott
David Hogan 4 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).
Drexel Delaney 8 years ago
Gloria Talbott (birth name spelled, "Talbot"), who guested in many 1950s TV shows.
#68
Evelyn West
Morgan Painter 7 years ago
Yikes that is awfully pointed, there were several others that weren't that dramatic.
#69
Martha Hyer
#71
Sweater Girl
Connie Martin 8 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.
Sandra Henry 6 years ago
If she had more boob maybe the bra wouldn't crinkle up so much at the point? I'm just guessing?
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Vintage Summer Fashion
Dennis Westman 8 years ago
Anita Ekberg. I don't think I'd ever call her thick. But Robert is right. Anita-Ekbe...ec1264.jpg 
Mylah Rose 8 years ago
This woman is tiny. And she's incredibly gorgeous. And also.... thick implies stupid, which just makes it an even stupider thing to say. GAL
#73
Vintage Magazine Cover Photo
Susan Jones 7 years ago
Also the bra diesn’t fit because the weird wrinkle in the sweater crushed the pointy part, making it look circular.
ispeak catanese 8 years ago
Shoes are too big, the stylist chose awful colors, she neglected to smoothe out that weird wrinkle on the side of her boob and she's wearing a cereal bowl on her head! But no one noticed because it's Stag magazine!
Enzo MiMo 6 years ago
Well at least the STOOL is kind of trendy MidMod in style.
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Mamie Van Doren
#75
Piper Laurie
Debra Starr Moon 8 years ago
Piper Laurie, the mother from the original "Carrie" with Sissy Spacek.
Drexel Delaney 8 years ago
Coincidentally, Ms. Laurie had a prominent role in the original version of ... "TWIN PEAKS"!
#77
Vintage Fashion
#78
Bullet Bra
Morgan Painter 7 years ago
Love ribbed sweaters something neat about them.
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Vintage Photoshoot
Jacques Godin 8 years ago
Didn't get down to the legs yet, I'm still stuck on the hair!
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Vintage Fashion
Michelle Bindle 5 years ago
Wow, she is cute, classy, and sexy all at the same time. That is not an easy look to pull off.
#81
Bullet Bra Fashion
Susan Jones 7 years ago
Bullet bra doesn’t fit right, or else you woukdn’t Havevthise strange wrinkles.
Grahame Ware 4 years ago
Nothing like a cap gun and cigarette whose ash is about to fall onto those things that spells "femme fatale" of the variete jardin.
#82
Vintage Underwear
Jacques Godin 8 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
Terri Rowland 8 years ago
Of course you just stand on the balcony with your friends wearing your bra and discussing what you want to do in the evening...
Enzo MiMo 6 years ago
And why the heck NOT?... there wasn't a lot of residential AIR CONDITIONING in the 1940s-50s... gotta stay cool!
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#85
Vintage Glamour
#86
Janet Leigh
Connie Martin 8 years ago
Janet Leigh was generously endowed. She must have been very uncomfortable in this.
Morgan Painter 7 years ago
Not really. As a 34C she would have felt quite secure in a bullet bra. No wire to poke and prod her.
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Sweater Girl
#88
Betty Grable
#89
Bullet Bra Fashion
#90
Bullet Bra
#91
Vintage Fashion
Morgan Painter 7 years ago
Something is wrong with the one in the middle. Her bullets are pointing at the ground!
Michelle Bindle 6 years ago
She was in a hurry to join her gal friends so she didn't snug the straps and do the shake and jiggle thing. LOL
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Bullet Bra
Jacques Godin 8 years ago
And I thought that they couldn't wear that on the streets, it's quite unsafe, distracting male drivers!
#93
Barbara Windsor
#94
Vintage Fashion
Troy Currie 8 years ago
Her hair looks a WHOLE lot better than it does in her other picture...still don't like the bangs.
#95
Vera Day
Jilltdcatlady 8 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.
Connie Martin 8 years ago
On several of these, the girls' top ribs stick out almost as far as their bulleted nipples, which is not a good look.
Stuart Halliday 8 years ago
It was also fashionable to suck your stomach in tightly. Bizarre.
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David Youse 5 years ago
Most of those just look plain ridiculous. It must have taken a bit of effort to stuff yourself into those; I wonder if they were actually comfortable to wear.
Cheryl Tomlin 7 years ago
I always hated those bras, not only the unnatural look, but the feel against the skin! The inner stitching itched, and left multiple red circles around the boobs!
Marcia Garcia 3 years ago
They just didn't fit the real rounded shape of my breasts, so the points were always a little wrinkled; and I'm naturally endowed.
Load More Replies... Stuart Halliday 8 years ago
Ah rare shot of the latest Lawn aerater device. Makes yer grass greener you know..
Michelle Bindle 1 year ago
This one really IS too pointed, it looks odd even to me who likes bras that make the breasts stand up.
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Darius B. 8 years ago
Special mention to the Mazinger Z female mechas :P venusalfa-...26f709.gif 
Shari H 8 years ago
I never realized this was an intentional fashion trend, and have always been thankful that bra technology advanced past "cone boob" phase. I guess some day people will look back at our round boob bras and wonder "WTF were they thinking?"
Jilltdcatlady 8 years ago
I had the same idea! Only I thought it had to do with shortages caused by WW2, the major ingredients like cotton and rubber. And they Had to be that shape because there wasn't any other materials available for the "boob" shape.
Load More Replies... Wezbie 8 years ago
I just want to see how boobs actually fit in that space. Wouldn't there be a massive gap between boob to point of cone? I suppose they are good protection for bumping against stuff XD
Mieke Sorée 8 years ago
But if you would bump into something, wouldn't that create a dent? How ridiculous would that look!
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Ruth Crawford 8 years ago
I graduated from High School in June of 1951 and remember these bras well. Don't remember anything at all about their comfort or discomfort or even the look of them because that's what ALL of the females were wearing!! I'm 84 soon and STILL hate to put on a bra... regardless of whether it points or mounds or stretches over my head! They hurt my ribs, won't stay in place, and I get out of them as quickly as possible. :)
Jilltdcatlady 8 years ago
Thank you! I applaude your fortitude for putting up with bras for so many years. And if one more person says "you just need to find the right size" I might just strip off my painful " right size" bra and strangle them with it.
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Lynnie Hendricks 8 years ago
They were, massively. You know how your feet feel after you stuff them into stiletto heels with pointy toes? Same thing.
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Kira Leseman 8 years ago
I recently bought a bullet bra on eBay and they sent me three. I tried to send the extras back but they said to keep them. I will be bullet bra-tastic forever. With how ridiculous they look, they even feel crazy when you wear them. But still they look awesome in a 50's style dress. So pointy. My husband loves it and couldn't stop poking my pointy boob and making high pitch "boop" noises.
Jilltdcatlady 8 years ago
Hahaha, poking and booping. My ex liked to make 'crab claws' and say "pinchy, pinchy". Sorry if I gave him a new idea.
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catherine waite 8 years ago
I think it looked nicer on the slightly smaller boob's, the well endowed lady's looked a little off balance. Whereas the smaller ones looked kinda nice in an odd way.
Chris Gen 8 years ago
Yes, I thought the same thing! I'm sure if I wore one of those it would look like I'm constantly tipping over :/
Load More Replies... Lynnie Hendricks 8 years ago
Worst part of this ridiculous fashion, which thank god is long gone, was that no human breast ever looked like that on its own. Talk about unrealistic ideals!
Darius B. 8 years ago
Special mention to the Mazinger Z female mechas :P venusalfa-...26f709.gif
Shari H 8 years ago
I never realized this was an intentional fashion trend, and have always been thankful that bra technology advanced past "cone boob" phase. I guess some day people will look back at our round boob bras and wonder "WTF were they thinking?"
Jilltdcatlady 8 years ago
I had the same idea! Only I thought it had to do with shortages caused by WW2, the major ingredients like cotton and rubber. And they Had to be that shape because there wasn't any other materials available for the "boob" shape.
Load More Replies... Wezbie 8 years ago
I just want to see how boobs actually fit in that space. Wouldn't there be a massive gap between boob to point of cone? I suppose they are good protection for bumping against stuff XD
Mieke Sorée 8 years ago
But if you would bump into something, wouldn't that create a dent? How ridiculous would that look!
Load More Replies... Ruth Crawford 8 years ago
I graduated from High School in June of 1951 and remember these bras well. Don't remember anything at all about their comfort or discomfort or even the look of them because that's what ALL of the females were wearing!! I'm 84 soon and STILL hate to put on a bra... regardless of whether it points or mounds or stretches over my head! They hurt my ribs, won't stay in place, and I get out of them as quickly as possible. :)
Jilltdcatlady 8 years ago
Thank you! I applaude your fortitude for putting up with bras for so many years. And if one more person says "you just need to find the right size" I might just strip off my painful " right size" bra and strangle them with it.
Load More Replies... Lynnie Hendricks 8 years ago
They were, massively. You know how your feet feel after you stuff them into stiletto heels with pointy toes? Same thing.
Load More Replies... Kira Leseman 8 years ago
I recently bought a bullet bra on eBay and they sent me three. I tried to send the extras back but they said to keep them. I will be bullet bra-tastic forever. With how ridiculous they look, they even feel crazy when you wear them. But still they look awesome in a 50's style dress. So pointy. My husband loves it and couldn't stop poking my pointy boob and making high pitch "boop" noises.
Jilltdcatlady 8 years ago
Hahaha, poking and booping. My ex liked to make 'crab claws' and say "pinchy, pinchy". Sorry if I gave him a new idea.
Load More Replies... catherine waite 8 years ago
I think it looked nicer on the slightly smaller boob's, the well endowed lady's looked a little off balance. Whereas the smaller ones looked kinda nice in an odd way.
Chris Gen 8 years ago
Yes, I thought the same thing! I'm sure if I wore one of those it would look like I'm constantly tipping over :/
Load More Replies... Lynnie Hendricks 8 years ago
Worst part of this ridiculous fashion, which thank god is long gone, was that no human breast ever looked like that on its own. Talk about unrealistic ideals!
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