Bare Reality: 100 Women, Their Breasts, Their Stories

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When I ask how she’s changed, I expect Dodsworth to tell me that she’s more accepting of her body. Having seen 100 other women’s lumps and bumps, she surely realises there’s no such thing as perfection.

The word "topless" usually refers to a woman who is naked above her waist or hips or, at least, whose breasts are exposed to public view, specifically including her areolas and nipples. It can describe a woman who appears, poses, or performs with at least her breasts exposed, such as a "topless model" or "topless dancer", or to an activity undertaken while not wearing a top, such as "topless sunbathing". It may indicate a designated location where one might expect to find women not wearing tops, such as a "topless beach" or "topless bar". It can also be used to describe a garment that is specifically designed to reveal the breasts, such as the "topless swimsuit" (also known as the monokini) designed by Rudi Gernreich in the 1960s. [1] Toplessness was the norm for women among several communities of South India and Sri Lanka until the 19th or early 20th century. Such communities included the Tamils along the Coromandel Coast, Tiyan and other peoples on the Malabar Coast, Kadar of Cochin Island, Toda, Cheruman ( Pulayar), Kuruba, Koraga, Nicobarese, and the Uriya. [24] ThailandCUÉ, CARLOS E. (8 February 2017). "Centenares de mujeres exigen la legalización del topless en Argentina con un "tetazo" en Buenos Aires". EL PAÍS (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 31 January 2023 . Retrieved 15 June 2022. La movilización llega después de que 20 policías expulsaran a tres bañistas por mostrar sus senos Besides those actresses who have appeared nude or partially nude in films, it has also become increasingly common for actresses to appear topless in movies. Notable actresses who have appeared topless include Jane Fonda ( Coming Home, 1978), Julie Andrews ( S.O.B., 1981), Kate Winslet ( Titanic, 1997), Gwyneth Paltrow ( Shakespeare in Love, 1998), Reese Witherspoon ( Twilight, 1998), Rene Russo ( The Thomas Crown Affair, 1999), Katie Holmes ( The Gift, 2000), and Halle Berry ( Swordfish, 2001). In an interview in March 2007, Halle Berry said that her toplessness in Swordfish was "gratuitous" to the movie, but that she needed to do the scene to get over her fear of nudity, and that it was the best thing she did for her career. Having overcome her inhibitions, she went on to a role in Monster's Ball, which included a nude scene and which won her an Oscar for Best Actress. [162] Some actresses prefer not to expose their breasts and use a body double. [163]

Elizabeth Hurley took showing off her stunning figure to a whole new level with a special Valentine’s Day picture of her posing completely nude in bed. “Happy Valentine’s Day ❤️❤️❤️❤️💗💗💗💗,” she wrote in the caption. We love to see it! Breast-baring female fashions have been traced to 15th-century courtesan Agnès Sorel, mistress to Charles VII of France, whose gowns in the French court sometimes exposed one or both of her breasts. ( Jean Fouquet's portrayal of the Virgin Mary with her left breast uncovered is believed to have taken Sorel as a model.) Aristocratic women sought to immortalise their breasts in paint, as in the case of Simonetta Vespucci, whose portrait with exposed breasts was painted by Piero di Cosimo in c. 1480. During the 16th century, women's fashions displaying their breasts were common in society, from Queens to common prostitutes, and emulated by all classes. [43] Topless sunbathing defended by French interior minister". BBC News. 26 August 2020. Archived from the original on 19 May 2023 . Retrieved 22 July 2023. In Canada, a poll in 1992 found that 38% favored general female public toplessness. Following that survey, several legal rulings in Canadian courts from 1996 to 2000 made public toplessness legal, but very few women go topless in public. [51]Image of dancers at the Reed Dance festival 2011". Kzn-media.photoshelter.com. 10 September 2011. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013 . Retrieved 1 August 2012.

Nangle, Eleanore (10 June 1964). "Topless Swimsuit Causes Commotion". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on 14 September 2015 . Retrieved 20 August 2015. Have you ever noticed the glare you get when you walk into a room? Not the warm glow of outfit approval, or the admiring eyes of a gentlemen giving you the full up and down appreciatively. Attu editorial. "Polish court reprimands topless sunbathers". Attuworld.com. Archived from the original on 25 July 2011 . Retrieved 22 July 2012. {{ cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL ( link)Film making in other centres were not subject to the Hays Code, but were subject to various national censorship regimes. The Italian film Era lui... sì! sì! (1951), for example, also had a French version which included topless actresses in the harem scene. This version was especially made for the French market, where censorship was less rigorous than in Italy. [160] Social and official attitudes to toplessness and nudity had eased by the 1960s and the Hays Code came under repeated challenge. For example, in Mutiny on the Bounty (1962) all Tahitian girls were topless and there was a long native dance scene, though the topless female dancers' breasts were covered by leis. The historical epic film Hawaii (1966) also featured scenes of topless native girls, their breasts being strategically covered by leis. [ citation needed]