Laya Raki
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Laya Raki was a dancer and film actress popular in Germany in the 1950s and early 1960s. She also became an international star for her roles in British films and TV productions.
Raki (left) during a 1954 visit to Indonesia
Rudi Gernreich
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Rudolf "Rudi" Gernreich was an Austrian-born American fashion designer whose avant-garde clothing designs are generally regarded as the most innovative and dynamic fashion of the 1960s. He purposefull
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…arms. She was played the role of the Māori chieftain's seductive wife in The Seekers and created a worldwide stir by baring her breasts, 10 years before Rudi Gernreich's topless swimsuit made headline news. After taking acting lessons in Hollywood, she appeared in several UK TV productions, including 39 episodes of…
Gernreich at a Mattachine Society meeting, 1951
Morris Nagel Versatogs and Adele California were well-known clothing design houses in Southern California. The two companies occupied adjoining buildings in 1948 at 2615 - 2609 South Hill Street in Los Angeles.
Unisex costume design for Moonbase Alpha (Space: 1999) by Rudi Gernreich.
The Mattachine Society, 1951. Rudi Gernreich, in white shirt & dark jacket, is third from the right