Search results
May 3, 2022 · What does Marilyn Monroe’s “Happy Birthday” dress look like? Liliane Lathan/Getty Images. As the photo shows, the dress was sheer and form-fitting, dotted with dazzling beads.
Apr 10, 2024 · These include the famous cotton candy pink gown and matching opera gloves she wore in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes," the white halter dress from "The Seven Year Itch" that beautifully billowed once...
Nov 20, 2022 · Marilyn Monroe descending a red-carpeted staircase wearing a figure-hugging bright pink dress is one of the defining images of the mid-twentieth century. Designer William Travilla made the dress out of French candy-pink peau d’ange silk overlayed over heavy felt to give the dress structure.
One of the most universally well-known is her breathy, seductive take on “Happy Birthday,” which she sang at an event for US President John F. Kennedy in May 1962 while wearing a sheer, glittering dress that both dazzled and scandalized the world.
Jul 16, 2023 · Marilyn Monroe became more of an icon when she wore the nude dress to sing to JFK. The dress itself has quite the story: Monroe was sewn into it for starters.
Sep 10, 2020 · Sixty years ago today, Marilyn Monroe mesmerized a crowd of lucky onlookers while her white dress blew suggestively above her knees — and sometimes over her head.
May 18, 2022 · Marilyn Monroe's iconic Hollywood glamour looks have been replicated by Madonna, Margot Robbie, and most recently Kim Kardashian.
Sep 2, 2023 · The most iconic dress of all time was worn by the most iconic woman of all time. This is the story about the famous “Happy Birthday, Mr. President” dress. Less than three months before Marilyn Monroe passed away in 1962, she performed at Madison Square Garden to salute President John F. Kennedy.
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 most iconic images of the 20th century.
Nov 18, 2016 · The dress Marilyn Monroe wore to sing “Happy Birthday” to President John F. Kennedy has sold for $4.8 million, breaking its own record as the most expensive personal item of clothing.
