Marilyn Monroe's bra holds secret (and boobs)

Marilyn Monroe's famous 36D boobs were boosted by one of the earliest Wonderbra style bras, it has been revealed.

A lace design bra, which was worn by the Some Like It Hot star, is set to be sold this week. Auctioneers say the £2,000 bra holds the secret of Marilyn's amazing boobs, and how it "added" to her on-screen presence.

The bra used underwired half cups and reinforced extra straps to lift her 36D breasts to proportions that even a modern Wonderbra would struggle to achieve.

But it also featured TWO cups for each breast, one to give the normal support, and another to make her already ample cleavage appear even bigger.

To be honest this is beginning to sound more like a piece of engineering work than a item of lingerie, but hey, if it made Marilyn's boobs look as good as they did, who are we to argue.