It was Andress, along with director Terence Young and costume designer of the film Tessa Welborn, who came up with the idea of the bikini sporting a knife holder. Honey’s outfit flaunted her carved figure as she teamed the lower half of her white bikini with a wide, brass-buckle belt and a scabbard to carry a large knife.

Honey Ryder, played by Andress opposite Sean Connery as James Bond, emerges from the Caribbean Sea in the 1962 film in an ivory two-piece bikini - an image that has been etched in the minds of many. Fans of the James Bond film till today associate the modern-day femme fatale role with the world-famous white bikini, which also helped Andress make sartorial cinematic history. It only makes sense to start the list of the most iconic Bond-girl outfits with the first movie from the franchise - Dr. Ursula Andress in Dr No (1962) and Halle Berry in Die Another Day (2002) For now, let’s take a look at some of the previous iconic Bond girl outfits that have set some pulses racing and fashion trends. And if the movie stills and trailers are to go by, the Bond girls in No Time To Die are ready to serve some looks we won’t be forgetting anytime soon. Be it tailored-made chic suits of 007 or the gorgeous gowns and swimsuits worn by Bond girls, films in this franchise have always set a fashion statement.įrom Ursula Andress in her history-making white bikini to Eva Green in Versace and Roberto Cavalli’s full-length body-hugging gowns and Léa Seydoux in the satin dress, these Bond girls have worn many iconic outfits that have left a mark on the cinematic history when it comes to fashion. Fashion-forward outfits have always been part of Bond films, and they have been used repeatedly to grab attention on various occasions throughout the era of James Bond.

Bond girls may have come and gone over time, but their sense of style has prevailed.

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