Soviet KGB Major Anya Amasova (Barbara Bach) wears this navy evening dress while meeting Bond (Roger Moore) at Cairo’s Mujaba Club in Egypt and when she and Bond are confronted with the giant henchman, Jaws (Richard Kiel), at The Great Hall of Columns, Karnak. London society dressmaker Baroness Franka Stael Von Holstein – whose clients included Ava Gardner and the Princess Royal –was appointed to conceive Barbara Bach’s wardrobe for the character.

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