Sweater girl
Sweater girl describes a fashion look made popular in the 1940s and 1950s by Hollywood actresses such as Lana Turner and Jane Russell which was exemplified by a tight sweater which emphasized the wearer's bustline.[1][2] The look requires the female to wear a pointed circular stitched conical shape bra, sometimes called a bullet bra, which raises and separates her breasts.In its original form, the look was often tied to the promotion of new bra technology.
The style is no longer a fad, but the look has become a minor icon of popular fashion and culture.[citation needed] Interest in the bullet bra increased after Madonna wore one during her 1990 Blond Ambition World Tour.[3] By that time, the style was regard as erotic and provocative. The bullet bra has also become popular with burlesque and rockabilly enthusiasts, both of which draw inspiration from the 1950s.
[edit] Popular culture
Sweater Girl is the name of a 1942 film written by Robert Blees and Beulah Marie Dix, directed by William Clemens and starring Eddie Bracken, June Preisser, Phillip Terry, and Betty Jane Rhodes.[4]
Sweatergirl is the name of a range of underwire bras sold by Berlei.[5]
[edit] References
- ^ Herbst, Philip (2001). Wimmin, wimps & wallflowers: an encyclopaedic dictionary of gender and sexual orientation bias in the United States. Intercultural Press. pp. 122. ISBN 9781877864803. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=8rgUeEpWfbsC&pg=PA122&dq=%22Sweater+girl%22&as_brr=3&client=firefox-a#v=onepage&q=%22Sweater%20girl%22&f=false.
- ^ Ostler, Rosemarie (2005). Dewdroppers, waldos, and slackers: a decade-by-decade guide to the vanishing vocabulary of the twentieth century. Oxford University Press US. pp. 85. ISBN 9780195182545. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=qD6SwN7oZ9wC&pg=PA85&dq=%22Sweater+girl%22&lr=&as_brr=3&client=firefox-a#v=onepage&q=%22Sweater%20girl%22&f=false.
- ^ Madonna on the Blond Ambition World Tour
- ^ The Internet Movie Database
- ^ Berlei
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