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English film director, producer, and screenwriter, Sir Alfred Hitchcock, was born #OnThisDay in 1899. Long-term collaborator, Edith Head, designed this beach-wear ensemble for Grace Kelley to wear as Frances Stevens in To Catch A Thief (1955). @ChristiesInc #film #costume #dress
American actress Mercedes McCambridge was born #OnThisDay in 1916. She wore this navy blue and white printed silk dress, with tucked silk front and bows, as Grace Holly in Suddenly Last Summer (1959).
This hand-painted design is by Joan Ellacot. @bonhams1793 #film #costume #dress
Actress Barbara Eden was born #OnThisDay in 1931. She starred as Jeannie in I Dream of Jeannie, in which she wore this Gwen Wakeling designed costume of a ruched pink silk chiffon top, matching velvet bolero jacket and pink silk chiffon harem pants. @HeritageAuction #costume
Portrait and fashion photographer Norman Parkinson CBE was born #OnThisDay in 1913. He photographed a young #AudreyHepburn in Italy in 1955 for Vogue magazine, wearing a pink and white striped Givenchy afternoon cocktail dress from the S/S 1955 collection. #fashionphotography
Dorothy Dandridge was born #OnThisDay in 1922. She was the first African-American woman to be nominated for a Best Actress Oscar, for her performance in Carmen Jones (1954). She wore a pink version of this Mary Ann Nyberg dress in the film. Sold @bonhams1793 #film #costume #dress
These beach pajamas from 1933 would make an excellent (and stylish) alternative to modern loungewear. Made of a rayon knit the bodice has a lavender trim that matches the flared legs and tie belt. From the @GoldsteinMuseum collections. #fashionhistory #dress #1930s #StayAtHome
Hedwig Elizabeth Charlotte of Holstein-Gottorp, Queen of Sweden and Norway, was born #OnThisDay in 1759. She wed in 1774 wearing a silver gown decorated with silver thread and lace. The dress survives in the Royal Palace in Stockholm. #fashionhistory #royalwedding #wedding #dress
Best Actress Oscar winner Jennifer Jones was born #onthisday in 1919. My favourite of Jones' films is William Wyler's Carrie (1952), for which Edith Head was Oscar nominated for Best Costume Design (B&W) for the Edwardian inspired costumes #JenniferJones #film #costume #Hollywood
#DesignerSpotlight Oscar winning costume designer Jacqueline Durran created the emerald silk evening dress for Keira Knightley in Atonement (2007). It was voted Best Costume of All Time by @SkyMovies and featured in the @V_and_A Hollywood Costume exhibition #film #costume #1930s
#DesignerSpotlight Beatrice Dawson (1908-1976) was an Oscar nominated costume designer from Lincoln with 69 film credits. Dawson designed the costumes for Pandora and the Flying Dutchman (1951), starring Ava Gardner as Pandora Reynolds. #film #costume #designer #AvaGardner #1950s