Theda Bara Sees YOU!

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009 -- by Bacchus

This still of legendary silent film star Theda Bara is notable both for her eerie penetrating gaze and (especially if you look at the detail available in the large version at Kinky Delight) for the degree to which her “bra” could be identified as the inspiration for Janet Jackson’s infamous nipple jewelry:

theda bara in an egyptian motif serpent bra