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Peggy Moffitt, Actor and Model for Famous Topless Bathing Suit Photo, Dies at 86
Peggy Moffitt, who became a 1960s mod icon modeling designer Rudi Gernreich's famous topless bathing suit design, died Saturday in Beverly Hills.
Moffitt’s husband, renowned photographer William Claxton, shot the photo that became a sensation for its daring design of a bathing suit held up only by slender straps, with no top portion. The models in “Blow-up” were Jill Kennington, left, Melanie Hampshire (kneeling), Ann Norman, Peggy Moffitt and Rosaleen Murray. Though Moffitt didn’t have the look of a conventional high fashion model, her bold hair and makeup were perfect accompaniments to the brightly colored, modernist designs of the era.
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