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Post by Fading Fast on Apr 30, 2023 16:14:21 GMT
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Post by BunnyWhit on May 1, 2023 19:02:22 GMT
Let's talk about this gorgeous thing, shall we? (The beaded bolero, not Madeleine Lebeau.....though she is gorgeous.)
   
I distinctly remember being struck by this midriff-baring beaded bolero the first time I saw Casablanca (1942), and I continue to be struck by it every time I see the film. Later I learned that Marked Woman (1937) is where the garment got its start.
 
Orry-Kelly designed the dress and matching bolero jacket for Bette Davis' Mary Dwight. Both the floor length gown with matching jacket are made of silk and fully embroidered with all-over fringe of white Austrian lead crystal straw beads. Davis wears the dress in the film, but I honestly don't remember her in the bolero aside from stills. That's good in my opinion because it's a lot. Too much. I feel the gown and jacket fight each other for dominance, and the result is an ensemble that wears Bette rather than the other way around.
But Bette in the dress alone is grand.
 
At some point, the gown was converted to a high-low hem, which I find to be less attractive than the full-length gown. I don't know that I've ever seen this altered version in a film, but I'm always on the lookout for it.
 
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Post by Fading Fast on May 1, 2023 19:19:06 GMT
I've enjoyed your descriptions, but I don't see any pictures, which it seems you posted. I am see all the other pictures in this thread, though. Are others seeing pictures with Bunny's post?
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Post by sagebrush on May 4, 2023 22:41:44 GMT
I love this beautiful lilac gown on beautiful Dorothy Dandridge.
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Post by nickandnora34 on May 4, 2023 23:43:58 GMT
Let's talk about this gorgeous thing, shall we? (The beaded bolero, not Madeleine Lebeau.....though she is gorgeous.)
I'm not seeing any photos either. Just thought I'd chime in. |
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Post by BunnyWhit on May 6, 2023 1:43:36 GMT
I've enjoyed your descriptions, but I don't see any pictures, which it seems you posted. I am see all the other pictures in this thread, though. Are others seeing pictures with Bunny's post? |
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Post by Fading Fast on May 6, 2023 17:12:19 GMT
Thanks for the heads-up, FadingFast! All of the pics had fallen out of the post. I put them back in, and hopefully they'll stay. |
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Post by NoShear on May 6, 2023 17:24:34 GMT
Thanks for the heads-up, FadingFast! All of the pics had fallen out of the post. I put them back in, and hopefully they'll stay. Still waiting to view the visuals as well, BunnyWhit... |
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Post by BunnyWhit on May 7, 2023 3:13:39 GMT
Sorry everyone. That's so disappointing. I can see the images on my end again, but that certainly doesn't do anyone else any good. Perhaps my post was too image heavy, so I'll try splitting it up. Please let me know if these don't work; perhaps there is a problem at my pic storage.
Madeleine Lebeau in the beaded bolero from Casablanca.
 
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Post by BunnyWhit on May 7, 2023 3:16:16 GMT
Bette Davis in the beaded gown and matching bolero from Marked Woman.
Bette in the gown without the bolero.
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Post by BunnyWhit on May 7, 2023 3:19:02 GMT
The gown and bolero after gown alteration.
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Post by Fading Fast on May 7, 2023 4:56:14 GMT
Bunnywhit, I'm sorry, but even split up, I don't see the images. It's hard to understand why, if you can see them, we can't.
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Post by Fading Fast on May 7, 2023 6:31:04 GMT
Fred Astaire had two things that made him look so well dressed all the time: an incredible sense of personal style and an enviable comfort wearing clothes.
   
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Post by Andrea Doria on May 7, 2023 10:40:59 GMT
Oh I love those pictures of Fred Astaire, particularly the striped suit -- he doesn't have to move to be graceful!
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Post by I Love Melvin on May 7, 2023 12:55:44 GMT
I think Audrey Hepburn looked the best she ever did on film (and that's saying something) in William Wyler's How to Steal a Million (1966). I've tried to find a good picture of this particular outfit but most of the screen shots from the movie are either cropped short or her arms are folded in front of her. It's so simple and therefore so Audrey. To really appreciate it you need to see it in motion because the broad pleated panels in front and back move beautifully. Givenchy, of course.  |
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