Raquel welch bio wiki

Costume worn by Raquel Welch in the film One Million Years B.C.

A fur/hidebikini was worn by Raquel Welch in the 1966 British-made prehistoric saga One Million Years B.C. In that bikini, she was described as "wearing mankind's first bikini" and the fur bikini was described as a "definitive look of the 1960s".^[2][3]

Publicity

A publicity still of her in the bikini became a best-selling poster and turned her into an instant pin-up girl.^[4] The bikini raised Welch's stature as a leading sex symbol of the era,^[5] and the photograph became something of a cultural phenomenon as a best-selling pinup picture.^[6][7][8] The iconic pose of Welch was taken by the unit still photographer as Welch recalled in a 2012 interview.^[9] It was used by artist Tom Chantrell to create the film poster promoting the theatrical release of One Million Years B.C., on which Welch in her fur biki