Note: nudity| Kim Kardashian goes sexy sci-fi in a new Beach Bunny Swimwear campaign inspired by the 1968 cult film ‘Barbarella’.

“My Divinity Collection was inspired by Jane Fonda in the movie ‘Barbarella,’ where she plays a super-sci-fi-sexy Queen of the Galaxy,” Kardashian explains.

The 1968 cult film directed by Roger Vadim flopped on its release but established Jane Fonda as a superhero sex symbol.

Barbarella

Watching this Barbarella clip two days after the Victoria’s Secret 2010 Fashion Show, I can’t help thinking that Fonda’s sexuality is so integrated into her charater, down to her scenes in the ‘excessive machine’, which she blows up.

Discreet sexual desire in women is a powerful energy force. See my prior essay on Barbarella and Samantha.

I’ll be writing a lot about Victoria’s Secret in the coming weeks, not just because I worked in the business for 10 years, but because the brand has veered off its original mission, which was much more tied to sensuality, rather than spectacle.

In many respects, the Victoria’s Secret fashion show has become a Las Vegas-style Miss America pageant.