top of page

Story of a Dress

10 min read
Story of a Dress: “Rear Window”
Grace Kelly's entrance dress in the 1954 Alfred Hitchcock classic remains a beloved (and copied) costume.


8 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.


8 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.


8 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?

8 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.


6 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.


8 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.


6 min read
Story of a Dress: “Stage Fright,” or When Dietrich Demanded Dior
Screen Chic commemorates the couturier’s birthday by highlighting his number-one fan in Hollywood.


8 min read
Story of a Dress: “All About Eve”
How a miscalculation during the fitting process resulted in an iconic design.


6 min read
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.
bottom of page