'Licence To Thrill' - Vogue US May 1999
License To Thrill - Our bond girl hits the sand running in dangerously sexy swimwear and ready-for-action separates.
Photos: Ellen von Unwerth
Fashion Editor: Grace Coddington
Hair: Recine
MUA: Susan Sterling for Awake
FOR YOUR EYES ONLY - Make your getaway in Moschino Mare's leopard-print string bikini, about $128. Moschino Boutique, NYC, Las Vegas; Saks Fifth Avenue, NYC.
NOBODY DOES IT BETTER - Baby, you're the best: Miu Miu makes picture-perfect performance gear for the action heroine. THIS PAGE: Tan hooded sleeveless anorak (about $340) and short shorts (about $140) by Miu Miu. Miu Miu, SoHo NYC, Los Angeles. OPPOSITE PAGE: Nylon zip-front jacket (about $350) and long shorts (about $180) by Miu Miu. Miu Miu, SoHo NYC, Los Angeles.
KISS KISS. BANG BANG - Your assignment? Put all the pieces together: high-cut short for freedom of movement, a low-zipper top for sex appeal, and a few Q-worthy high-tech accessories. Miu Miu gunmetal-gray shorts, about $90. Miu Miu, SoHo NYC, Los Angeles. Indivi by Atsuro Tayama army-green sleeveless sweater, about $90. Atsuro Tayama Boutique, SoHo NYC. Waist pouch and boots by Miu Miu.
YOU ONLY LIVE TWICE - THIS PAGE: Bond ambition? Take the controls in a khaki sleeveless anorak by DKNY Jeans, about $98. Macy's. OPPOSITE PAGE: The name's Lauren, Ralph Lauren. Khaki cargo bikini, Ralph Lauren Swimwear, about $130. Neiman Marcus, Nordstrom, Oak Brook IL, Portland OR.
BEAUTY NOTE - Nowhere, to hide: Fake a rich, head-to-toe dark glow with Clarins Self Tanning Face Cream and Self Tanning Body Milk.
SHAKEN, NOT STIRRED - THIS PAGE: Pull an olive-drab button-down over a pair of khaki shorts, and you've got a classic utility uniform-to keep your cool when things get hot. Shirt (about $425) and shorts (about $495) by Michael Kors. Neiman Marcus. OPPOSITE PAGE: From France with love-Jean Paul Gaultier's camouflage bikini, about $275. Galleria Neoponti, Englewood NJ; Capri Boutique at Bellagio, Las Vegas. Details, more stores.
DOUBLE OH - Spy versus spy: Our deep-sea diva takes the plunge in a military two-piece straight out of Dr. No. Sunset Beach camouflage bikini, about $64. Bloomingdale's; or call Everything But Water stores at (888) 796-6661.
DRESSED TO KILL - Choose your weapons well. THIS PAGE: Military-green and blood-red double swimsuit, Calvin Klein Collection Swimwear, about $200. Calvin Klein, NYC. OPPOSITE PAGE: A to-die-for green bikini, Hermès, about $365. Hermès boutiques, or call (800) 441-4488. Photographed at Goldeneye and James Bond Beach, Island Outpost, Jamaica.
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