Topless Tales - part viii

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Sophia Loren

Celluloid icon and star of the silver screen, Sophia Loren, who celebrates her 82nd birthday today, could be considered something of an authority of the subjects of beauty, style, elegance - the list is by no means exhaustive.

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Some quotes that have been attributed to her over the years include the following gems of insight:

"A woman's dress should be like a barbed-wire fence: serving its purpose without obstructing the view."

"Sex appeal is fifty percent what you've got and fifty percent what people think you've got."

"I'm not exactly a tiny woman. When Sophia Loren is naked, this is a lot of nakedness."

A little too self-depricating? Perhaps but here, you can judge for yourself:

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Topless Tales - part vii

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Back in the USSR

These illustrations originate from postcards issued in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) during the 1920s. The first features two ladies demonstrating the queer tango. The second depicts a woman smoking a cigerette

That is all the information that we have at this time.

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Topless Tales - part vi

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Erotic Art of Henryk Siemiradzki (1843-1902)

Henryk Siemiradzki
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Henryk Siemiradzki
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Henryk Siemiradzki
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Henryk Siemiradzki
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Henryk Siemiradzki
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Henryk Siemiradzki
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Henryk Siemiradzki
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Henryk Siemiradzki
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Henryk Siemiradzki
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Henryk Siemiradzki
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Henryk Siemiradzki
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Henryk Siemiradzki
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Topless Tales - part v

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