Sketch o’the Week: Ursula Andress!

I thought I should pick a “Famous Movie Moment” that doesn’t feature some guy or guys with a gun, and draw a female character… but in retrospect this choice might be even more male-centric than the tough guy scenes I’ve been doing. However I’m not going to apologize for getting to draw the beautiful Ursula Andress as “Honey Ryder” in her emerging from the sea scene in “Dr. No”. That scene became iconic not only in cinema but in the world of fashion. The white bikini she wore was credited for popularizing the bikini, skyrocketing sales of the style of swimwear amid the beginnings of the “sexual revolution” in the 1960’s. Andress sold the bikini at auction after finding it in her attic in 2001, and in its last auction sale in 2020 the iconic swimsuit reportedly fetched over $600,000.

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