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Dug up from my saved films on YouTube I watched “The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw” (1958) earlier today a bit of a stupid film really but ok to watch but maybe not as good as the wife and Therese were watching at the cinema. The reason for the blog is not the film so no review but a memory sparked by one of the stars, Jean Mansfield one of the most famous sweater girls.
Like Lana Turner, and Jane Russell, they adopted the popular fashion in the late forties/fifties of wearing tight, fitting sweaters that emphasized the woman's bust line. One of the movie studios termed the name “Sweater Girls” the bra that made the look was the “Bullet Bra” cone shaped which gives the wearer a pointy look, which looks extreme. The popularity of the bra was soon spreading with the stamp of approval from their idols, film stars but it was the fifties when the bra was the most popular.
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| Jean Mansfield |
The bra cups were cone-shaped and I cannot say if they were sexy or dangerous being so pointy. Though it definitely accentuates the bust line, it gives women’s breasts a shape that never occurs naturally in nature. I think the Wonderbra was the greatest bra ever made and sold but if you can see past the comical look of the bullet bra it can be a sexy look.
Hippies and new softer bras consigned the bullet bra to the waste bin but for burlesque dancers until designer by Jean-Paul Gaultier used them in one of his runway shows and popstar, Madonna bought into the style and used them for her Blonde Ambition Tour back in the early 1990s.
Recently another popstar Lady Gaga has been using cone bras on her tours. The cone bra was definitely the iconic look of the 50s. Some lingerie brands offer a selection of cone bras, but their impracticality and visual attention grabbing make them more like novelty or luxury items.
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| Marilyn Monroe they are pointy |
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