c1953 Travilla "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" Purple Silk Dress Couture Runway Rare sleeves and color that top

sleeves and color that top a hand dyed robins egg blue body

Fall 2006's collection was called "The Widows of Culloden"

A Made in France label at the neck is maddening as this was perhaps form one of the great houses when you consider the detail and fineness of it

Length: 40" from neck to hem

c1953 Travilla "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" Purple Silk Dress Couture Runway Rare sleeves and color that topDuring the 1940s William Travilla solely designed for the movies and many of the most iconic dresses from this time period, worn by some of the biggest stars, were created by him. By 1953 he had started to also design for the public as demand for the dresses women were seeing on the big screen increased. By the 1950s he was close friends with Marilyn Monroe and did the costumes for a series of her movies including "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" in 1953.