Jayne Mansfield's leopard spot bikini was a bikini with a leopard pattern commonly worn by actress Jayne Mansfield, particularly in her publicity stunts, earning her the nickname of "the girl in the leopard bikini".Kelly Killoren Bensimon, The bikini book, page 45, Thames & Hudson, 2006,
During the late 1950s, she and her husband Mickey Hargitay posed for photos with her in the leopard spot bikini.Jane Woolridge, "", The News and Courier, page 14, 1986-04-03 The couple wore matching leopard spots to announce their closeness, and the costume won them a prize at a Hollywood costume party."Muscular hoist for Jayne", Life, page 59, 1956-11-12 Mansfield often walked down the Hollywood Boulevard in the leopard bikini signing autographs,John Waters, Crackpot: The Obsessions of John Waters, page 113, Simon and Schuster, 2003, once went shopping in the leopard bikini, and attended parties in it."Bikini clad Jayne Mansfield carried to party by friend", Daytona Beach Morning Journal, page 7, 1956-10-29"Ballyhoo Ball wildest one yet in Hollywood", Herald-Journal, page 3, 1956-10-28
When Mansfield and Hargitay toured for stage shows, newspapers wrote that Mansfield convinced the rural population that she owned more bikinis than anyone.Dorothy Kilgallen, "Jayne's Touring Strawhats in Bikinis", Washington Post, page B11, 1964-07-22 She showed a fair amount of her bust, as well as her midriff and legs, in the leopard-spot bikini she wore for her stage shows.Staff Correspondent, "The bare facts at last, all those hours at the gym will pay off with spring's slightly skimpy fashions", Miami Herald, page D1, 1986-03-12 Kathryn Wexler of the Miami Herald wrote, "In the beginning as we know it, there was Jayne Mansfield. Here she preens in leopard-print or striped bikinis, sucking in air to showcase her well noted physical assets."Kathryn Wexler, "Old-time eroticism: When bikinis really mattered", Miami Herald, 2006-04-19 The outfit remains one of the earlier specimens in the history of bikinis.Jennifer Steinhauer, "In, Damned Spot!, New York Times, 1997-05-11 As late as in 1982, she appeared in a full-page color photograph in the leopard spot bikini in Tony Crawley's Screen Dreams: The Hollywood Pin-up. American Photo magazine printed photographer Bruno Bernard's photo of Mansfield in the costume in 2003."Inside Photography", American Photo, page 13, Jan-Feb 2003
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