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Sunday 26 June 2016

White dress of Marilyn Monroe

Marilyn Monroe wore a white dress in the 1955 film The Seven Year Itch, directed by Billy Wilder. The dress was created by costume designer William Travilla and was worn in one of the best-known scenes in the movie.The dress is regarded as an icon of film history and the image of Monroe in the white dress standing above a subway grating blowing the dress up has been described as one of the iconic images of the 20th century.

The dress is a light-colored ivory cocktail dress in a style that was in vogue in the 1950s and 1960s. The halter-like bodice has a plunging neckline and is made of two pieces of softly pleated fabric that come together behind the neck, leaving the wearer's arms, shoulders and back bare. The halter is attached to a band situated immediately under the breasts. The dress fits closely from there to the natural waistline. A soft and narrow self belt was wrapped around the torso, criss-crossing in front and then tied into a small neat bow at the waist, at the front on the left side. Below the waistband is a softly pleated skirt that reaches to mid-calf or below the calf length. There is a zipper at the back of the bodice, and tiny buttons at the back of the halter.

Monroe's husband at the time the movie was filmed, Joe DiMaggio, is said to have "hated" the dress, but it is a popular element of Monroe's legacy. In the years following Monroe's death, images of her wearing the white dress were shown in many of the imitations, representations, and posthumous depictions of the actress. It has been emulated even into the 21st century in cinema, worn by Fiona in Shrek 2 (2004), by Amy Poehler in Blades of Glory (2007), and Anna Faris in The House Bunny (2008), among others. In the film The Woman in Red, Kelly Le Brock repeats the same scene, but wearing a red dress.

The fashion web site Glamour.com has classified the dress as one of history's most famous dresses. A similar survey conducted by Cancer Research UK voted the dress number one of all-time iconic celebrity fashion moments.

Anna Nicole Smith appeared a number of times wearing a similar dress and parodied the grate scene.

A Mattel Barbie doll was created dressed in the white dress of Marilyn Monroe. The image of Monroe also appeared on a postage stamp of Somalia.

In July 2011, a 26-foot (7.9 m) statue of Monroe created by John Seward Johnson II called Forever Marilyn displays the dress with the pose from The Seven Year Itch and was unveiled at Pioneer Court along Chicago's Magnificent Mile and was intended to remain there until the following spring. It was then moved to Palm Springs, California.

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