July 17, 2009 (from MSNBC)
It turns out Marilyn Monroe had a little help.
A before-its-time wonder-bra that the Hollywood bombshell wore in the movies in the late 1950s is expected to fetch thousands of dollars at auction this weekend.
Marilyn Monroe's 1950s lingerie reveals several bits of cunning technology designed to enhance the legend's natural attributes.
Auctioneer Richard Davie of England's International Autograph Auctions said the double-cup design helped make her cleavage appear even more "ample than it actually was."
The bra also had two sets of straps set in such a way the bra would have been tough to see under clothing.
Sun-Times wires {ha! . . they said "wires"!}
