William Travilla is one of the best costume designers of all time and Marilyn Monroe his most famous client. Marilyn's Dresses will focus on the striking dresses Travilla designed for Marilyn, from his early work on the thriller Don't Bother to Knock and the gorgeous pink dress in which Marilyn sang "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" to the legendary white dress from The Seven Year Itch, which arguably contributed to the collapse of Marilyn's marriage to Joe DiMaggio. Featuring Travilla's original sketches, rare costume test shots, dress patterns, photographs of Marilyn wearing the dresses, plus exclusive and never before- seen extracts from interviews with Travilla, this book offers a fresh insight into the golden age of Hollywood.
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Your book is wonderful I absolutely love it! --Kristina Rihanoff to the author, via Twitter
A stunning book --Yours Magazine
This week the OK! team are poring over the gorgeous new coffee table book 'Dressing Marilyn,' full of pics and information about her iconic outfits --OK! Magazine
A stunning book --Yours Magazine
This week the OK! team are poring over the gorgeous new coffee table book 'Dressing Marilyn,' full of pics and information about her iconic outfits --OK! Magazine
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Andrew Hansford manages Travilla's archive and was responsible for the 2008 exhibition. He has lectured to fashion students on Travilla and his work.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
By Loreleilee
Format:Hardcover
I really like this book. If you are a Marilyn fan like me, it is incredibly fun to read these stories about her most famous dresses and costumes. Acompanied by beautiful photos, some rare and William Travillas beautiful sketches. This is a book dedicated to the talent and genius of the designer Travilla, but as the title suggests also features a lot of Marilyn Monroe as their relationship was so special. Highly recommended!
10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
By Sueaustin
Format:Hardcover
If you are a fashion fan or a Marilyn fan this book is a must have. Lovely photos and a fabulous insite into one of the greatest clothes designers relationship with Marilyn. I learnt so much about both Marilyn and Travilla, it made me laugh and made me cry. He was a genius and I want to know more now. Mr Hansford you have done a brilliant job.
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Mirte
Format:Hardcover
This book describes the dresses that William Travilla made for Marilyn with very interesting facts. It would be nice if the patterns were included but i understand that's too much to want for ;-) I have a lot of books about MM and i think this is one of the best. But that could be because i like fashion a lot too. Another great book is Marilyn Metamorphosis by the way, check that out too! Also one of the best i have!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
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Must have for everyone!!
I have purchased 4 books at once since just the cover looks so great and Travilla was such a good designer. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Memory Monroe
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Fashion
Enjoyed this book it was interesting to learn how some of Marilyn's iconic costumes were made and who made the, I would reccomend this book to any Marilyn fan.
Published 2 months ago by Jen
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Great for MM fans
Everything you need to know about some of MM's iconic frocks. Pictures and history great for fans and dress makers alike
Published 3 months ago by Mr. D. J. Daniels
4.0 out of 5 stars
great!
The book is great! It arrived quickly. It has lots of interessting stories about how the dresses where made and when Marilyn Monroe wore them.
Published 8 months ago by linda
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Dressing Marilyn
Love this book. All the pictures are so nice. It's a great book for any Marilyn fan or any fashion fan.
Published 10 months ago by Laura
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lillybeth
What a fab book, the photographs are just brilliant. What fate how the author managed to be introduced to different people, to enable him to write this really really great book. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Liz Humphreys
5.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent photos, nice text, a must for Marilyn Monroe fans.
This is a wonderful book, full of excellent, detailed pictures of Marilyn Monroe' s dresses. It reveals the genius of Travilla and how the extraordinary beauty of MM was an outcome... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Anna K.
5.0 out of 5 stars
One of the best pictorial books of Marilynn Monroe.
I love this book, it's a hard back and really good value for money it has close up photographs of all marilynn's famous dresses with loads of historical information and details and... Read more
Published 16 months ago by Julia
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