#my fair lady

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You see, Mrs. Higgins, apart from the things one can pick up, the difference between a lady and flower girl is not how she behaves, but how she is treated. I shall always be a common flower girl to Professor Higgins because he always treats me like a common flower girl and always will. But I know I shall always be a lady to Colonel Pickering because he always treats me like a lady and always will.

AUDREY HEPBURN as ELIZA DOOLITTLE in MY FAIR LADY (1964) dir. George Cukor

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Audrey Hepburn in a publicity photo for My Fair Lady (1964)

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My Fair Lady dir. George Cukor | 1964

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My Fair Lady (1964) dir. George Cukor

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Note: this list references the 1961 version of West Side Story and the 1954 version of A Star Is Born.

[alexisrosemullens]

Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle

My Fair Lady (1964)

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Playbills: A Broadway Poster Show

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Jeremy Brett 🌹

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あこがれ (Admiration) artbook cover by Macoto Takahashi, 1995, and Audrey Hepburn in My Fair Lady, costume design by Cecil Beaton, 1964.

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ELIZA DOOLITTLE & HATS

MY FAIR LADY (1964), costumes by Cecil Beaton

[i-dont-talk-for-days-on-end]

Ngl I would marry that man and then I would take him with me wherever I go like other women carry their tiny dogs in their handbags. He's so absolutely useless I want to show him off to all my friends. Whenever he says something I would kiss him gently on his zero braincells forehead. I'm a girl who knows how to treat a pretty loser

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This Edwardian-style gown was created for the Ascot scene in the original 1956 Broadway production of the Lerner and Loewe musical My Fair Lady. The scene was filled with beautiful gowns, all in black and white, in keeping with the famous “Black Ascot” of 1910, when King Edward VII died shortly before the event, making it inappropriate to wear color. Thus, those who attended wore all black, aside from accents of white from pearls and flowers.

The gown was designed by Cecil Beaton and executed by Helene Pons based on his sketches. The cream crepe dress has black velvet stripes and an embroidered lace bib. The photo above most likely shows actress Melisande Congdon in the costume, as she performed in the play for three years.

When Truman Capote decided to throw his famous “Black and White Ball,” – he used the scene from My Fair Lady as its inspiration. Deborah Davis’ wonderful book The Party of the Century mentions that much of the gossip about town was about “who” everyone would wear. Amanda Carter Burden, daughter of Babe Paley, was able to sidestep this conversation and not commit to any one designer when she chose a gown from the film My Fair Lady. A drawing of Amanda in costume, sketched by Kenneth Paul Block, appeared on the front page of Women’s Wear Daily.

But was her gown from the film adaptation of My Fair Lady? Amanda was based in New York City, and it would have been far easier for her to obtain one of the costumes from the Broadway show.

In addition, no costume in the film accurately matches the one she wore to the ball. There is one that is similar and clearly based on the same design, but it appears to be a different piece. 

In 2015, the dress from the Broadway production went up for sale, where it sold for $1280. It contains a lace dickey that the auction house noted has been added post-production. The dickey is clearly visible on Amanda Carter in the Black and White Ball photo. While I cannot confirm for certain that she is wearing the dress from the stage production rather than the film production, I am confident that she is.

Costume Credit: Katie S.

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I squeaked and giggled and twirled my hair so now you will too!!! Here are some young Jeremy Brett pics that make me have feelings

Oh my god?????

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Every now and then

I'll remember young Jeremy Brett in My Fair Lady and need a bit of a lie down

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My Fair Lady (1964) dir. George Cukor

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Audrey Hepburn in "My fair lady" photographed by Cecil Beaton, 1964

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