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Marilyn Monroe's White Dress
Marilyn Monroe wore a white dress in the 1955 film ''The Seven Year Itch'', directed by Billy Wilder. It was created by costume designer William Travilla and worn in the movie's best-known scene. The image of it and her above a windy subway grating has been described as one of the List of photographs considered the most important, most iconic images of the 20th century. History Costume designer William Travilla, known as Travilla, won an Oscar for his work in ''The Adventures of Don Juan'' in 1948. In 1952, at 20th Century Fox, he began working with Monroe for the film ''Don't Bother to Knock''. He designed her clothes for eight films and said they had a brief affair. In 1955, while his wife Dona Drake was on vacation, he designed the white cocktail dress Monroe wore. According to the book ''Hollywood Costume: Glamour! Glitter! Romance!'' by Dale McConathy and Diana Vreeland, he instead bought it off the rack. He denied this. The dress appears in the sequence of ''The Seven Ye ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marilyn Monroe Photo Pose Seven Year Itch
Marilyn may refer to: * Marilyn (given name) * Marilyn (singer) (born 1962), English singer * Marilyn (hill), a type of mountain or hill in the British Isles with a prominence above 150 m * 1486 Marilyn, a Main-belt asteroid * ''Marilyn'' (1953 film), directed by Wolf Rilla * ''Marilyn'' (2011 film), a 2011 romance film * ''Marilyn'' (2018 film), a 2018 Argentine film * Marilyn (''Mario'' character), a character in ''Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door'' * "Marilyn", a 2000 horror short story by Jack Dann Related to Marilyn Monroe * Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962), an American actress ** ''Gold Marilyn Monroe'', a 1962 painting by Andy Warhol ** ''Marilyn Diptych'', a 1962 painting by Andy Warhol ** ''Marilyn'' (1963 film), a documentary film ** ''Shot Marilyns'', a series of 1964 paintings by Andy Warhol ** ''Untitled from Marilyn Monroe'', a 1967 series of silk-screen prints by Andy Warhol ** '' Marilyn: A Biography'', a 1976 biography by Norman Mailer ** '' Marilyn'', a 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
