Designers are a girl’s best friend
This powerful medium is explored in Hollywood Costume, an upcoming exhibition of fabulous film costumes at London’s Victoria and Albert Museum. The outfits have yet to be revealed — but we’ve selected our very own top 10.
First, it has to be Monroe. Gentlemen Prefer Blondes costumer William Travilla apparently fell in love on the set. Marilyn Monroe was Joe DiMaggio’s fiancée at the time of the 1953 musical. According to Andrew Hansford’s Dressing Marilyn, Travilla and his muse had an affair. He certainly designed like a man in love.
