The Infamous Golded Hot Bikini
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It is debatable if anyone actually realized how long Carrie Fisher’s image, as Princess Leia’s in the infamous gold metal bikini would travel through history. What began as a simple movie image, lasting only two minutes in the overall time of the film, has grown into a pop icon image of a hot bikini, which many teenage boys, turned grown men, still hold in their mind as their first initial definition and image of what is sexy. Two Minutes In History The scene lasted a mere two minutes in a movie that was made over a quarter century ago and yet the infamous golden bikini is still hot in American pop culture. In the spring of 1983, many families attended the science fiction movie, Return of the Jedi, with most mother’s paying little attention to the two minutes in which Princess Leia is held captive while wearing a hot golden bikini, most men who were teenager’s in 1983 can remember their first glimpse of that hot bikini. Today, this same hot bikini is seen in science fiction and comic book conventions worldwide. The Creation Of America’s Pop Icon, Princess Leia’s Gold Bikini Is Still A Hot Commodity There were many different versions of the gold bikini to suit the demands ...... (to be continued on next paragraph)

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(continued)...... of the filming of the movie, some were plastic and some were metal lined with leather to protect Carrie Fisher’s skin while wearing it. The original hot gold bikini was made while using an actual mold of Carrie Fisher’s body, a mold that was created to insure a custom fit of the costume onscreen. During the filming of the scenes involving the now famous gold bikini, no one knew how hot this one moment in the film would become, two minutes in time producing an icon in the history of swimwear. The Famous Gold Bikini Is Still Considered A Hot Concept In Popular Props For Entertainment Today Within weeks of the movies original premiere, fans were already producing homemade replicas of this now famous gold bikini. Today, over twenty years after the introduction of the gold swimsuit, it is still as popular as ever. There are spoofs on television and in movies that refer to the Princess Leia Gold Bikini. One of the most popular moments in recent television was the Friends episode, “The One With the Princess Leia Fantasy” in which the character discuss the famous swimsuit and the show culminates with an image of Jennifer Aniston wearing a replica of the famous hot bikini.