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,
Tessa Prendergast for her affection. Although known for her imperious temper and connections with European royalty, these stories were almost certainly exaggerated. In 1953 she had married American cinematographer Scotty Welbourne, with whom she had a child. In the late 1950s she left acting to start a clothing design business with Liz de Lisser in Montego Bay, Jamaica. Although divorced in 1958, she used the name 'Welborn'. In 1962 the producers of the James Bond film "Dr. No" (which was to be filmed in Jamaica) asked Welborn to provide wardrobe for actress Ursula Andress. Working with Andress, she created the ivory hipster