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Story of a Dress
![Story of a Dress: “Rear Window”](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b987c0_eb5c4074b370467ab4f3b41bac85e6a4~mv2.webp)
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Story of a Dress: “Rear Window”
Grace Kelly's entrance dress in the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock classic remains a beloved (and copied) costume.
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![Story of a Dress: “Baby Face”](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b987c0_9f5e8319afb94afe9a21bbc60153a015~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_500,h_375,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b987c0_9f5e8319afb94afe9a21bbc60153a015~mv2.webp)
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Story of a Dress: “Baby Face”
In Barbara Stanwyck’s infamous Pre-Code film, Orry-Kelly’s gowns highlight the title character’s path to riches.
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![Story of a Dress: “The Philadelphia Story”](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b987c0_e5a6a826bf50499eaf5f486a00ce5bba~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_500,h_375,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b987c0_e5a6a826bf50499eaf5f486a00ce5bba~mv2.webp)
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Story of a Dress: “The Philadelphia Story”
This look at Katharine Hepburn’s comeback film explores both her career strategy and onscreen style.
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![Story of a Dress: “A Place in the Sun”](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b987c0_664cc3800f4b4d57a1fad96d53871dbd~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_500,h_375,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b987c0_664cc3800f4b4d57a1fad96d53871dbd~mv2.webp)
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Story of a Dress: “A Place in the Sun”
Famously worn by Elizabeth Taylor, is this Edith Head design the most copied dress in cinema history?
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Story of a Dress: “Top Hat”
On Ginger Rogers’s birthday, we look at the iconic feathered dress the dance legend fought to wear in the 1935 musical.
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![Story of a Dress: “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b987c0_602df2ecf4644596b22b40af844060de~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_500,h_375,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b987c0_602df2ecf4644596b22b40af844060de~mv2.webp)
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Story of a Dress: “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes”
Marilyn Monroe’s iconic pink gown wasn’t Travilla’s original design for one of cinema’s most celebrated musical numbers.
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![Story of a Dress: “Sabrina”](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b987c0_8c2523e337ca49fc80575b880ec0a433~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_500,h_375,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b987c0_8c2523e337ca49fc80575b880ec0a433~mv2.webp)
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Story of a Dress: “Sabrina”
How this Audrey Hepburn film sparked a costume controversy — and created fashion’s most iconic designer-muse relationship.
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![Story of a Dress: “Stage Fright” aka When Dietrich Demanded Dior](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b987c0_bd82e70b9112432b815f96e3932e9fce~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_500,h_375,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b987c0_bd82e70b9112432b815f96e3932e9fce~mv2.webp)
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Story of a Dress: “Stage Fright” aka When Dietrich Demanded Dior
Screen Chic commemorates the couturier’s birthday by highlighting his number-one fan in Hollywood.
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![Story of a Dress: “All About Eve”](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b987c0_f0a6f7b7c2ea49d3b8a5d8d5f9b9011c~mv2.jpg/v1/fill/w_500,h_375,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b987c0_f0a6f7b7c2ea49d3b8a5d8d5f9b9011c~mv2.webp)
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Story of a Dress: “All About Eve”
How a miscalculation during the fitting process resulted in an iconic design.
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![Story of a Dress: Coco Chanel and “Tonight or Never”](https://static.wixstatic.com/media/b987c0_0bfa870eed5a461487df2c751c21a10b~mv2_d_2196_1603_s_2.jpg/v1/fill/w_500,h_375,fp_0.50_0.50,q_90,enc_auto/b987c0_0bfa870eed5a461487df2c751c21a10b~mv2_d_2196_1603_s_2.webp)
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Story of a Dress: Coco Chanel and “Tonight or Never”
Screen Chic looks at the 1930s moment when Samuel Goldwyn enticed Coco Chanel to travel to Hollywood and design for the movies.
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