Copacetic Clothes

Marilyn Monroe white dress in The Prince And The Showgirl

I just started watching The Prince and The Showgirl and couldn’t resist posting about the white dress Monroe wears throughout the film. I found it hard to find out but the costume designer on set was Beatrice Dawson (not credited on IMBD) the dress is beautiful ivory silk and chiffon beaded with one beaded sleeve one plain chiffon. The beaded chiffon overlay encases the silk layer until the calf where it kicks into a fishtail. It’s such a flattering dress on her figure especially the fitted asymmetric bodice. 

I think I have a similar ivory crinkle chiffon at home which could be used for this dress, I shall have to dig it out and test it out!

One of the first re-makes on the agenda …

Some Like It Hot is without a doubt one of my favorite films. It’s got 30’s fashion, it’s black & white, it has a hilarious love story, it’s got men in drag - dangerously handsome Tony Curtis and laugh-out-loud Jack Lemmon, and then comes the cherry (or should I say Sugar) on top; the delicious Marilyn Monroe.

The costumes in this film are divine, I really love 20’s/30’s glamour style and the work in some of the costumes are exquisite. I’m usually not very patient so for a change I would like to force myself to do some intricate beading on a full dress to conquer my impatience and tell myself I can do it. First things first to get the beads! 

The back detail is without doubt my favorite part of this dress. I’m a real sucker for backless dresses anyway and this I think is just beautiful. It’s such a risqué dress for it’s time and alot of actresses then wouldn’t of dared wriggle into such a sexy number, but thank goodness our Marilyn did as she looks fab-u-LOUS! 

Lot’s of black bugle beads are needed for this operation.