It’s safe to say that he wasn’t a fan.
Entertainment Weekly“I thought it was a big mistake,” he told the publication. “ was a goddess. A crazy goddess, but a goddess. She was just fabulous. Nobody photographs like that.”
Marilyn Monroe sings "Happy Birthday" to President John F. Kennedy at Madison Square Garden for his upcoming 45th birthday.He continued, “And it was done for her. It was designed for her. Nobody else should be seen in that dress.”The fashion expert has firsthand knowledge about the dress’s significance. At the start of his career, he actually drew the sketch for the gown while working as an assistant for Academy Award-winning designer Jean Louis.
“After the day the sketch was drawn, I had no idea what it was for until photos of the event appeared in the newspaper,” he told the outlet. “Marilyn looked amazing and accomplished exactly what she intended to. Fox Studios would not let her wear anything too revealing in films, because of the previous nude calendar scandal. And she didn’t really care, because she had already been fired. Her figure was at its peak, the dress was a classic shape of fashion at the time.
The “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes” star ended up showing off the naked dress as she serenaded President John F. Kennedy with her version of “Happy Birthday” in 1962, cementing the look as one of the most iconic outfits in history.walked the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in the now 60-year-old dress to honor the Met Gala’s theme of “Gilded Glamour.”
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