18 July,2009 09:07 AM IST | | Agencies
It will be auctioned today, along with her underwear, silk stocking Deep Insights: Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe used cleavage boosting lingerie
Hollywood legend Marilyn Monroe's underwear, including a 'Wonderbra' and silk stockings will be auctioned in London.
The bra was worn by the icon in The Seven Year Itch when she was shot in a white halter neck dress with the wind from a New York subway grate billowing up her skirt.
All for cleavage
The blonde actress, who famously said that she prefers going without underwear used cleavage-boosting lingerie.
The 1950 version of a Wonderbra was popular among burlesque artistes and is expected to fetch up to u00a32,000 (Rs 1.6 lakh).
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The cream and ivory-coloured piece was part of Monroe's clothes sold in 2005 and will be part of an auction organised by the International Autograph Auctions that will be held today.
A signed black and white photograph of the star holding a bunch of roses is expected to attract bids of u00a33,000 (Rs 3.4 lakh). Monroe died in 1962 from a drug overdose.
