White bikini of Ursula Andress buckles and fittings, and a scabbard on the left side to hold a large knife. The first bikini had been worn at a Paris fashion show in 1946, but in the 1950s the bikini was still seen as something of a taboo. Andress' bikini arrived at a key moment in the history of women's fashion, coming at the "birth of the sexual revolution": the 1960s. In the corresponding scene of the original novel, the character Honeychile Rider wears only a leather belt with a scabbard, and no bikini. Andress designed the bikini along with "Dr. No"s costume designer Tessa Prendergast,
Ursula Andress a screen test for a role in an Italian film. She was successful and appeared in "The Sins of Casanova" (1955) (starring later Bond ally Gabriele Ferzetti). She followed it with "An American in Rome" (1954) (starring Alberto Sordi) and "La catena dell'odio" (1955). She was seen by a Hollywood executive who persuaded her to try her luck in Hollywood. Andress arrived in Hollywood in January 1955. In March she was signed to a seven-year contract with Paramount Pictures starting at $287 a week. The contract resulted in no acting roles due to her inability to learn English at the