Jayne Mansfield's 1950s Style Includes Red Shorts, Pointy Bra

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"A Look Back" is a daily column that highlights a moment from fashion's fabulous past. Today's pick is of American actress and pin-up girl Jayne Mansfield. What do you think of her 1950s style?



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Ladyteguesian
05:28 PM on 02/24/2012
Holy cow.. Mariska can't deny her heredity, they have the same face.
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Mtka
Some days it's just not worth chewing through the
12:00 PM on 02/22/2012
I remember my older sisters wearing "torpedo bras." They even used to iron them to make them pointier!
05:13 AM on 02/22/2012
Your insides were in a whole lot better place when you sucked it in back then than they are today. I will never give up that fashion for anything today. Women looked like women. We need a revival of the hour glass figure that made them sexy and healthy, and the Vic Tanny look for men, too. You only need enough food to maintain your activity level and body building requirements.
05:29 PM on 02/21/2012
Isabella Adjani? That's Sophie Marceau isn't it? Whoa. I just realized those two are identical!!!
05:22 PM on 02/21/2012
humena humena ...Where'd all the pretty women go?
04:28 PM on 02/21/2012
Being from that time myself and knowing what fashion was like I'd say she is on target. But I never liked the pointy bra's hell I never like bra's at all. LOL The outfit was indicative of the time and we all sucked it in, LOL I thought she was a beautiful woman. I also think her daughter is beautiful too.
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msd7733
03:28 PM on 02/21/2012
She made a deal with the devil and he called here on it.
04:44 PM on 02/21/2012
On 06-28-67, Jayne, 34, had a show in Biloxi @ Gus Stevens Supper Club. After her gig, she headed to New Orleans with Sam Brody, 40, and the 3 Hargitay kids driven by Ronnie Harrison, 20. Upon passing the Rigolets, & proceeding down the 2-lane Old Spanish Trail, US90, @ 2:25 A.M., they passed over a bridge & a curve in the road. Ahead, was an insecticide fogger truck. The impact killed Brody, Ronnie and Jayne. The car plowed underneath the truck which was spraying chemicals thus creating a “fog.” The impact sheared the top of the car off and top part of Jayne’s head. This does NOT mean decapitation, but an “avulsion” which is the forcible tearing away of a body part by trauma or surgery. Her wig which shows in the pictures.
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dickn2000b
omnes autem stulti me
09:44 AM on 02/22/2012
WHAT? Do you want to explain that?
10:59 AM on 02/22/2012
She was a known Satanist and a member of Anton LaVey's church. She made a deal with Satan for fame and she got it and then he took her soul.
01:36 PM on 02/21/2012
Jayne looks great to me.
10:39 AM on 02/21/2012
Super tacky outfit and how she is sucking her gut in.
01:57 AM on 02/21/2012
Oh yes, I am of the 50's era and remember Jayne so well AND the pointy bras which were very uncomfortable!!
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BonzaSheila
Having a good time with HOUSE MUSIC
12:40 AM on 02/21/2012
Jayne Mansfield was lovely, and is way under-rated as an actress. If you've never seen Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter, it's worth seeking out; she was hilarious.
11:29 PM on 02/20/2012
Those pointy bras were a real downer. It was like opening up a big box at Christmas and finding a pair of socks................................................which you normally found in the bras too.
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Harlemnite
Pulled over doing 55 in a 54.
01:51 AM on 02/21/2012
LOL I was thinking the same thing pointy bra's just did not look right.
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jokamachi
You're doing it wrong.
10:53 PM on 02/20/2012
Digging those freckles....
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rockysparks
there's no law against being annoying.
10:49 PM on 02/20/2012
I like full-figured, healthy looking women, but Jayne Mansfield was kind of grotesque. Her daughter, Mariska Hargitay is more attractive and looks more like a normal human being. Times and fashion tastes change, I guess.
Mochilero
Have backpack, will travel
10:16 PM on 02/20/2012
I would never have noticed the shorts, but with her tied in waist and bullet bra this photo is far more grotesque than sexy, and I'm a chest man from way back.

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