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Jul 17, 20218 min read
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.
Dec 5, 20208 min read
Story of a Dress: "The Philadelphia Story"
This look at Katharine Hepburn’s comeback film explores both her career strategy and onscreen style.
Sep 1, 20207 min read
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?
Jul 16, 20208 min read
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.
May 22, 20206 min read
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.
Feb 15, 20207 min read
Story of a Dress: “Sabrina”
How this Audrey Hepburn film sparked a costume controversy — and created fashion’s most iconic designer-muse relationship.
Jan 21, 20205 min read
Story of a Dress: When Dietrich Wore Dior
Screen Chic commemorates the couturier’s birthday by highlighting his number-one fan in Hollywood.
Jan 9, 20207 min read
Story of a Dress: “All About Eve”
How a miscalculation during the fitting process resulted in an iconic design.
Aug 19, 20196 min read
Story of a Dress: Coco Chanel and “Tonight or Never”
A look at the early-1930s moment when Samuel Goldwyn enticed Coco Chanel to come to Hollywood to design for the movies.
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