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Marilyn Monroe & Harrods


This, my fellow fashionistas, is Marilyn Monroe's original dress on display at Harrods.  To celebrate the arrival of Harrod’s Five Dollar Shake greetings cards featuring sketches by Academy Award winning costume designer, William Travilla, a collection of three original dresses worn by Marilyn Monroe – including the gold lame dress from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes  – were on display in Harrods’ Gifts & Cards section. 

I was mesmerized by the architecture of the 50+ years old dress. It was made by using one complete circle of fabric and all hand pleated.  For some reason, I was under the impression that Marilyn was tall but actually when I looked at the dress on the mannequin I think she was quite petite. 

As for the window displays of Harrods, I wasn’t very impressed, there were only  2 or 3 window display that I really liked. The rest looked a bit boring compared to Harvey Nichols and Selfridges.  But I did like a lot of things that were on display like the soft and light colored suede fringed bags by Trussardi shown in the last photo. 









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Anonymous said…
I think this is a replica dress, hers did not have a fanned bow at the waist, it had several gold beads or buttons and the top of her halter sides was scalloped. I think rhis is a replica, based on all the photos I've seen.
25 February, 2013
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