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 It was a hit at the box office, though Andress elected not to appear in the sequel, "The Vengeance of She" (1967). Andress had a support role in the comedy "What's New Pussycat?" (1965) for producer Charles K. Feldman which was a huge hit. She went to France to play Jean-Paul Belmondo's love interest in "Up to His Ears" (1965), which was popular in France; she and Belmondo became romantically involved, leading to her and Derek breaking up (although they remained close friends). Andress moved to Paris to live with Belmondo and it would be her home for the next