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 time. "I spent most of my time watching old Marlene Dietrich movies," she said. Andress did receive from publicity for dating James Dean shortly before the actor's death. She bought herself out of her contract. In March 1956 it was announced she signed to Columbia Pictures. She made no films for them either, and was Miss World Trade of 1956. She stayed in Hollywood because she married John Derek in 1957. In 1959 it was announced she and Derek would star in a film, "High Variety", but no movie resulted. Andress returned to screens in 1962 in an episode of