#william travilla

[vampirecorleone]

Jane Russell in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953) - Costume Design by William Travilla

[poppingmary]

Marilyn Monroe, Lauren Bacall and Betty Grable

How to Marry a Millionaire - 1953

Costumes by William Travilla

[infinitemarilynmonroe]

Marilyn Monroe and William Travilla photographed during costume tests for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, 1952.

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Sharon Tate modeling a Travilla costume design for "Valley of the Dolls" 20th Century Fox 1967

[sharonate]

SHARON TATE, in a gown designed by WILLIAM TRAVILLA, photographed in a publicity shoot for ‘Valley of the Dolls’, 1967. 🤍

[gatabella]

Marilyn Monroe (William Travilla, 1956) - Leslie Caron (Charles LeMaire, 1959)

[voguefashion]

“Pink is the new black” - Diana Vreeland

Thomas Gainsborough, Mary, Countess Howe, c. 1764.

Marilyn Monroe wearing a pink satin strapless gown with an oversized bow attached at back, designed by William Travilla for the "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best friend" number from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953).

Vogue Paris, December 1964.

Jackie Kennedy wearing a Pink Chanel suit on the day of her husbands assassination in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963.

Margot Robbie on the set of Barbie.

Shirley MacLaine in a gown by Edith Head for What a Way to Go! (1964).

Brigitte Bardot wearing the famous pink and white gingham dress with a Peter Pan collar made of English lace, specially designed for her by Jacques Esterel on her wedding day to Jacques Charrier on June 18th 1959.

Reese Witherspoon wearing the pink leather 'driving suit' in Legally Blonde (2001), designed by Sophie de Rakoff.

Barbara Cartland the "Queen of Romance" fiction was often dressed in a pink chiffon gown.

"A brave new pink that accepts the challenge of the blazing summer sun." Elizabeth Arden "Arden Pink" advertisement in American Vogue, April 15, 1959.

Princess Diana wearing a pink sweater and pink and white gingham pants at her home at Highgrove, Gloucestershire, 1986.

Model Suzy Parker in the "Think Pink!" number from Funny Face (1957), costume designed by Edith Head.

Valentino Garavani Tan-Go Platform Pump in Patent Leather 155mm in Rose Violet.

Molly Ringwald wearing the 'prom dress' designed by Marilyn Vance in Pretty in Pink (1986).

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Because a knife covered in diamonds is a girl's best friend.

[introspect-la]

WILLIAM TRAVILLA COSTUME FOR ERROL FLYNN IN DON FRAN (1948)

[cressida-jayoungr]

One Dress a Day Challenge

June: Weddings

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes / Jane Russell as Dorothy Shaw and Marilyn Monroe as Lorelei Lee

This is certainly one of, if not the most classic double wedding scene in film, and the matching wedding gowns designed by William "Billy" Travilla were real trendsetters. There's a good writeup of them here, which I'll quote from:

"The dazzling floral lace wedding dresses featured a high neck, bell sleeves and tulle skirts. The two women also wore matching hats and netting. The overall look was romantic, graceful and delicate.

"The white floral lace gives the gowns a demure look without being entirely covered up and the bell sleeves add a playful touch.

"Drawing in at the waist, the lace overlay covers the entire torso of the dress. The layers of tulle fan out at the hips into a full skirt. The tea length gown sits just above the ankle, showing off some feminine strappy heels. The dress was buttoned half way up the back where it then had an open slit up to the neck.

"Both women wore their hair in pin curls at the nape of their neck with a lace netting headband on top. They had a thin veil which sat just below their nose... Both women carried a medium sized bouquet of white roses, tied together with long white ribbon which hung to their knees. They also had on fiery red lipstick with red nail polish to match."

The article also notes that rising hemlines in the 1950s "consequently led to the rise of shorter veils and thus attention was directed towards the bride’s wedding shoes."

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[poppingmary]

Stunning Jane Russell in a publicity photo for “The Revolt of Mamie Stover” - 1956

Costumes by William Travilla

[chicinsilk]

US Vogue March 1, 1961

Dorothy McGowan wears a golden yellow silk jacket and dress set. By Travilla, of grained silk. Hat, chiffon: Lilly Daché. Beauty note: Avocado eyeshadow, tawny Sunbronze lipstick - Charles of the Ritz.

Dorothy McGowan porte un ensemble veste et robe en soie jaune doré. Par Travilla, de soie grainée. Chapeau, mousseline de soie: Lilly Daché. Note beauté : fard à paupières Avocado, rouge à lèvres fauve Sunbronze - Charles of the Ritz.

Photo Irving Penn vogue archive

[mlesarina]

Marilyn Monroe in an unused costume for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953). This jeweled belt and feather fan are part of the original William “Billy” Travilla designed costume Marilyn was to have worn. www.vintagehollywoodnouveau.com

[sharonate]

SHARON TATE in a publicity photo for ‘Valley of the Dolls’, 1967. 🤍

[fixation-ally]

Marilyn Monroe as The Girl

in The Seven Year Itch

Costume designed by Travilla for Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch (1955)

From Heritage Auctions