The Barbican is marking the 50th anniversary of the James Bond franchise with a unique exhibition from 1962's 'Dr No' to this year's 'Skyfall'.
The event will showcase the inside story of the design of the world's most influential and iconic movie brand.
'Designing 007' is aimed to be a multi-sensory experience, immersing audiences in the creation and development of Bond style.
The white bikini worn by Ursula Andress in one of cinema’s most celebrated scenes joins more than 400 Bond archive items.
The items will be displayed alongside those which they later inspired – such as the orange bikini worn by Halle Berry in 'Die Another Day'.
Vehicles and gadgets on display include the 1964 Aston Martin DB5 which famously returned to the screen in Goldeneye and Pierce Brosnan’s BMW motorcycle from Tomorrow Never Dies.
Click through for more images from the exhibition.Camille Montes played by Olga Kurylenko, with Daniel Craig as James Bond in 'Quantum of Solace'.
A model of the actress Shirley Eaton from the iconic scene in 'Goldfinger'.
A Barbican employee views the shark exhibit
Sean Connery and author Ian Fleming on set for 'Dr No' at Pinewood Studios in 1962.
Design for Dr No's underground apartment.
A waxwork of Sir Sean Connery posing with the Aston Martin DB5 from 'Goldfinger'.
Jaws' teeth.
Elektra King (Sophie Marceau) in her red casino dress from 'The World Is Not Enough'.
Elektra ski costume design.
Sophie Marceau on set.
Scaramanga's Golden Gun.
Dummy jet pack plan.
Gustav Graves (Toby Stephens), Miranda Frost (Rosamund Pike), Verity (Madonna) and James Bond (Pierce Brosnan) on set.
George Lazenby wears his kilt for a party at Blofeld's Swiss mountain hideaway in 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service'.
Inside the volcano from 'You Only Live Twice'.
Volcano set design.
Oddjob (Harold Sakata) is electrocuted by his own hat in 'Goldfinger'.
Oddjob's bowler.
Daniel Craig in 'Casino Royale'.
Miniature model of Roger Moore's amphibious Lotus Esprit 'Wet Nellie' from 'The Spy Who Loved Me'.
Jaws design sketch.
Roasamund Pike as Miranda Frost.
Sean Connery and Ursula Andress.
Zorin (Christopher Walken) and May Day (Grace jones) on set for 'A View To A Kill'.
Ice Palace design.
'Moonraker' spacestation.
Ken Adam's Fort Knox design.
Pussy Galore (Honor Blackman) and James Bond.
'Die Another Day' set.
Elektra King costume design.
Concept art for Goldfinger's laser table.
Whether you like your drink shaken or stirred, you can enjoy a selection of Bond-style cocktails at the Barbican Martini Bar
The exhibition runs from 6 July to 5 Sept 2012, after which it will will tour internationally over a three year period.
Gallery: Designing 007: Fifty Years Of Bond Style
Some of the most memorable images and items in film history have gone on display as a half century of secret agent James Bond is celebrated in a new exhibition.
More than 400 items have been assembled as part of Designing 007: 50 years of Bond Style.
Many exhibits, revealed at a press preview, come from famous moments in the films and are synonymous with the series.
The exhibition opens with an immediate wow factor, as film posters stretch along a corridor where a replica Sean Connery leans against his beautiful 1964 Aston Martin DB5.
The white bikini Ursula Andress wore as she emerged from the sea in Dr No's jaw-dropping beach scene is also on display alongside other, but slightly less renowned, swimwear.
The bikini, quite tiny close up, is displayed alongside Halle Berry's orange two-piece from Die Another Day and a recreation of Sir Sean Connery's shorts from Thunderball.
Current Bond Daniel Craig, set to reappear in Skyfall in the autumn, won over many female Bond fans when he wore a pair of tight blue trunks in Casino Royale.
These are also part of the display which will tour internationally after the show closes at London's Barbican in September.
Oscar-winning costume designer and co-curator Lindy Hemming said: "This is an exhibition which deals with design in film.
"So we have entered the archives which EON have collected over the years and we have tried to take pieces, interesting objects which would help us to understand design in films and the objects range from gadgets, clothing, jewellery, wonderful drawings of sets and models of sets and artwork.
"It is a vast array of different things. They are all themed in a world that gives you the feel of being in a Bond film.
"Bond films have been responsible for the British film industry working constantly over the years when there were other lulls and therefore kept many technicians in employment."
Hemming, who has worked on various Hollywood hits, said she hoped crowds flocked to the exhibition.
Describing her role, she said: "It's magic - you go on your own adventure, you are given a mission and you go on an adventure and it ends up that you have produced a film and the film is captured on celluloid so you can look at your own work and that is exciting.
"It has been an amazing thing to do and I am really glad we have been able to pull it off and hope people come and learn from or enjoy it."
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