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Every woman had thought about it: Why can't I wear this bra in
public? I wear a bikini to the beach. OK, well not every woman, but it
was one Madonna Louise Veronica Ciccone who made the thought a
reality and much more mainstream than worried fathers would have liked. As the
downtown urchin Susan in Susan Seidelman's modern screwball comedy, "Desperately Seeking Susan," Madonna wore her
clothes -- from black dresses paired with leggings to men's pants with exposed
lacy bras to rolled-down, rhinestone boots to even men's boxers. And, of course,
beads, crosses, bracelets and all that obvious bleached-out hair. Madonna was so
ultra-sexy and daring, it's not even necessary to point out what a sensation she
became, since an entire phrase was coined for her legions of imitators:
"Madonna-wanna-be."
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