LIFE celebrates 75 years with ‘Sexiest Photos of All Time’

WASHINGTON — Sexy, iconic and impressively stylish. These are just a few words to describe the photos that make up a collection celebrating LIFE’s 75 years.

The magazine put together collections of photos from its storied past, including its best magazine covers, its worst magazine covers and its all-time sexiest photos.

It’s a collection that takes you back, and here are a few of the favorites.

Marilyn Monroe, 1953

A woman in Manhattan, summer 1969

Brooke Shields, age 19, 1985

Steve McQueen and wife Neile Adams, 1963

Jayne Mansfield, parodying Marilyn Monroe, 1957

U.S. Olympic Water Polo team, 1996

Clint Eastwood, shooting ‘Dirty Harry,’ 1971

Elizabeth Taylor, in Mexico, 1963

To see the full gallery, click here.

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