Honey Ryder entrance in the film, emerging from the ocean in a white bikini with two large seashells, while the sun shines on her wet blonde hair, is considered a classic James Bond moment. In the corresponding scene of the original novel, the character Honeychile Rider does not wear a bikini. As an homage, Halle Berry performed a similar scene in an orange bikini in the 20th James Bond film, "Die Another Day". Andress referred to the "Dr. No" bikini as the "secret of her success". Ursula Andress was later mentioned by name in the novel "On Her Majesty's Secret Service", and
Bikini in popular culture Kelly Killoren Bensimon wrote in "The Bikini Book", "It was really all about Annette Funicello. If the girl next door wanted to wear a bikini, then everybody wanted to wear a bikini. We didn't want to be a bad Bond girl. We all really wanted to be the good girl." In 1962, an icon was born as Bond girl Ursula Andress emerged from the sea wearing a white bikini in "Dr. No". The "Dr. No" bikini scene has been quoted as one of the most memorable scenes from the British spy film series. That white bikini has been described as