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Peggy Moffitt, 86, Dies; Defined ’60s Fashion With a Bathing Suit and a Bob

She became famous for posing in the fashion designer Rudi Gernreich’s topless swimsuit. But she saw herself more as a performer than as a model.

Marisa Meltzer
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Deaths (Obituaries), Fashion and Apparel, Gernreich, Rudi, Models (Professional), Moffitt, Peggy (1937-2024), Nineteen Hundred Sixties
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