Rose Marie Reid
Rose Marie Reid
(1906 - 1978)
Créatrice de Maillots de Bain - 1940s-1960s
Designer of Swimsuits - 1940s-1960s
Rose Marie Reid naît le 12 septembre 1906 sous le nom de Rose Marie Yancey à Cardston, dans la province d'Alberta au Canada. Elle grandit auprès de parents attentifs, William Elvie Yancey Sr. et Marie Hyde Yancey, qui lui inculquent les valeurs du travail et ses six frères et soeurs (Elvie Hyde Yancey, Oliver Yancey, Hugh Hyde Yancey, Marion Yancey Helneir, Ruth Yancey Keller et Don Merlin Yancey). Sa mère, couturière professionnelle, lui apprend à coudre et à dessiner des patrons. En 1916, la famille déménage dans une communauté mormone et s'installe dans une ferme à Weiser, dans l'Idaho aux Etats-Unis.
En septembre 1925, elle n'a que 19 ans et achète un salon de beauté à Baker City dans l'Oregon où elle y travaille avec sa mère alors que ses frères ouvrent un atelier de peinture dans le local à côté.
Elle épouse plutôt à contre coeur Gareth Rhynhart, un artiste itinérant. Ses frères ayant commencé à prendre des cours de peinture auprès de Rhynhart, qu'ils avaient connu à Cardston, au bout de deux semaines celui-ci refuse de poursuivre l'enseignement à moins qu'il ne puisse épouser Rose Marie. Bien qu'elle ne soit pas intéressée, elle finit par accepter le mariage car elle souhaite que ses frères poursuivent leurs cours d'art - un arrangement que la famille de Rose Marie ne connaîtra que bien des années plus tard ! D'ailleurs, le mariage ne tient pas et Rose Marie divorce de Rhynhart en 1935.
C'est après son divorce qu'elle s'installe à Vancouver, en Colombie-Britannique au Canada. Le 30 novembre 1935, elle se remarrie avec Jack Crossman Reid, qu'elle a rencontré à la piscine (il lui donnait des cours de natation - pour elle, il se convertit et devient membre de l'Eglise) et ensemble ils ont trois enfants: Bruce Alan Reid (1937-2015), Sharon Reid Alden (1938) et Carole Marie Reid Burr (1940-2020).
Rose Marie, ses enfants et des associés - 1957
Rose Marie, her children and associates - 1957
Rose Marie Reid was born on September 12, 1906 as Rose Marie Yancey in Cardston, Alberta, Canada. She grew up with attentive parents, William Elvie Yancey Sr. and Marie Hyde Yancey, who instilled in her the values of work and her six brothers and sisters (Elvie Hyde Yancey, Oliver Yancey, Hugh Hyde Yancey, Marion Yancey Helneir, Ruth Yancey Keller and Don Merlin Yancey). Her mother, a professional seamstress, taught her to sew and draw patterns. In 1916, the family moved to a Mormon community and settled on a farm in Weiser, Idaho in the United States.
In September 1925, she is only 19 years old when she buy a beauty salon in Baker City, Oregon where she works there with her mother while her brothers open a paint shop in the room next door.
She rather reluctantly marries Gareth Rhynhart, an itinerant artist. Her brothers having started taking painting lessons from Rhynhart, whom they had known in Cardston, after two weeks he refuses to continue teaching unless he could marry Rose Marie. Although she is not interested, she eventually accepts the marriage because she wants her brothers to continue their art lessons - an arrangement that Rose Marie's family will not know about until many years later! Moreover, the marriage doesn't held and Rose Marie divorces from Rhynhart in 1935.
It is after her divorce that she moves to Vancouver, British Columbia in Canada. On November 30, 1935, she remarried with Jack Crossman Reid, whom she met at the swimming pool (he gave her swimming lessons - for her, he will convert and become a member of the Church) and together they have three children : Bruce Alan Reid (1937-2015), Sharon Reid Alden (1938) and Carole Marie Reid Burr (1940-2020).
C'est à Vancouver que Rose Marie se lance dans la conception de maillots de bain. Son inspiration vient du fait que son mari, Jack, qui passait beaucoup de temps à la piscine de par son activité d'entraîneur, se plaignait de l'inconfort des maillots de bain: en crêpe de laine, en coton, ou même en caoutchouc, ils deviennent lourds une fois trempés, sont très inconfortables et n'existent qu'en une taille unique. Rose Marie conçoit alors un maillot de bain pour son mari en coupant du tissu dans un vieux manteau de canard et de lacer les côtés avec des lacets à chaussures pour un ajustement parfait. Jack est très satisfait et Rose Marie conçoit d'autres maillots pour des nageurs (le modèle homme porté par son mari et par le nageur Freddie Rossiter et le modèle femme porté par la nageuse Noel Oxenbury et la plongeuse Bunty Harrington). Lors d'une compétition de natation, un cadre de Hudson's Bay (un grand magasin au Canada), remarque évidemment les maillots et décident d'en commander une douzaine. Mais Rose Marie reste méfiante à l'idée de vendre des maillots de bain: poussée par son mari et vers le Seigneur (elle est mormone et très dévote), elle accepte après une prière et le consentement du Seigneur. Elle achète du beau tissu et se lance dans la confection de maillot de bain fait de tissu élastique (utilisé jusqu'alors par les fabricants de gaines) avec des lacets sur les côtés: c'est ainsi que son entreprise est lancée en 1936 sous le nom de "Reid's Holiday Togs, Ltd". Au cours de sa première année d'activité, Rose Marie avait déjà 16 employés, et son entreprise rapportait 10 000 $ bien qu'elle n'avait conçu que six modèles de maillots de bain (dont le plus vendu est le "Skintite"). Mais Rose Marie n'a jamais été une ambitieuse et le succès n'est arrivé que par un concours de circonstances, car son rêve était d'être simplement une mère au foyer.
En raison d'infidélités et d'abus de violences envers elle et ses enfants, Rose Marie finit par divorcer de Jack le 10 avril 1946 et ouvre une nouvelle usine à Vancouver en 1947. Ayant des difficultés à se procurer certains tissus (du au contexte de la seconde Guerre Mondiale), elle fait plusieurs tentatives pour installer sa marque aux Etats-Unis (elle dépose même la license de son nom dès 1938); les Etats-Unis l'ont toujours aussi attirée de par la présence de communauté de Mormons. Après son divorce et avec l'aide de Jack Kessler, avec qui elle s'associe, et de Marjorie Griswold, une représentante et acheteuse de produits pour les boutiques Lord & Taylor, elle installe sa grande entreprise en Californie: le 20 septembre 1946, son entreprise américaine "Rose Marie Reid, Inc." est lancée, tout en poursuivant l'activité de son entreprise canadienne car en 1946, près de 50 % des maillots de bain vendus au Canada étaient ses créations. Les autres marques de maillots de bain qui dominaient le marché américain étaient alors Cole of California, Jantzen et Catalina. Et ce sont ses maillots de bain qui vont rapidement prendre la première place sur ce marché américain en devenant aussi populaires en Europe occidentale, en Amérique du Sud et en Australie. Rose Marie vit dans un espace aménagé au sein de son entreprise en Calfornie et ce n'est qu'en 1949 qu'elle s'achète une maison à Brentwood, en Californie.
Défilé au Canada en 1945 de la collection des "Skintite"
A fashion show in Canada in 1945 from the "Skintite" collection
Le modèle "Pearl Diver" porté par Jane Russell - vers 1948
The "Pearl Diver" model worn by Jane Russell - circa 1948
Publicité française - années 1950s / French advertising - 1950s
It is in Vancouver that Rose Marie started designing bathsuit. Her inspiration comes from the fact that her husband, Jack, who spent a lot of time at the pool because of his job of swimming instructor and athletic manager, complained about the discomfort of bathsuits: wool crepe, cotton, or even rubber, they become heavy when soaked, are very uncomfortable and only available in one size. Rose Marie then designs a bathsuit for her husband by cutting fabric from an old duck coat and lacing the sides with shoe laces for a perfect fit. Jack is very satisfied and Rose Marie designs other swimsuits for swimmers (the men's model worn by her husband and by swimmer Freddie Rossiter and the women's model worn by swimmer Noel Oxenbury and diver Bunty Harrington). During a swimming competition, an executive from Hudson's Bay (a department store in Canada), obviously notices the swimsuits and decides to order a dozen. But Rose Marie remains wary of the idea of selling swimsuits: pushed by her husband and towards the Lord (she is a Mormon and very devout), she accepts after a prayer and the consent of the Lord. She buys beautiful fabric and launches into making swimsuits made of elastic fabric (used until then by manufacturers of girdles) with laces on the sides: this is how her business was launched in 1936 under the name of "Reid's Holiday Togs, Ltd". In her first year of business, Rose Marie already has 16 employees, and her business was bringing in $10,000 despite having only designed six bathsuits designs (the best-selling of which is the "Skintite") . But Rose Marie was never ambitious and success only came by a combination of circumstances, as her dream was to simply be a stay-at-home mom.
It is for reasons of infidelity and abuse of violence against her and her children that Rose Marie ends up divorcing Jack on April 10, 1946 and opening a new factory in Vancouver in 1947. Having difficulty obtaining certain fabrics (due to the context of the Second World War), she makes several attempts to establish her brand in the United States (she even registered the license of her name in 1938); the United States has always attracted her because of the presence of the Mormon community. After her divorce and with the help of Jack Kessler, who becomes a business partner, and Marjorie Griswold, a representative and purchaser of products for Lord & Taylor, she sets up her big business in California: on September 20, 1946, her American company "Rose Marie Reid, Inc." is launched, while continuing the activity of her Canadian company because in 1946, nearly 50% of the swimsuits sold in Canada were her creations. Other bathsuits brands that dominated the US market then were Cole of California, Jantzen and Catalina. And this were her bathsuits that would quickly take the top spot in this American market, becoming as popular in Western Europe, South America and Australia. Rose Marie lives in a space arranged within her factory in Calfornia and it id not until 1949 that she buys a house in Brentwood, California.
Style & Succès -/- Style & Success
Vitrines de magasins / Showcase window shops
En 1949, la célèbre boutique chic new-yorkaise Lord & Taylor's (grâce au soutien de Griswold) expose ses maillots de bain en exclusivité dans l'une de leurs vitrines sur la Cinquième Avenue, avec, en vedette. un maillot de bain en or 29 carats vendu 100 $.
Des défilés sont organisés et des consultantes de son entreprise se rendent même certains jours dans des boutiques pour conseiller les acheteuses.
Ses créations deviennent vite tendance et une mode à suivre, au design innovant permettant l'aisance des mouvements dans l'eau, et aux tissus colorés faits pour être vus. Elle est la première créatrice de maillots de bain à utiliser des soutiens-gorge intérieurs, des panneaux abdominaux, des jambes fixes, des bandes élastiques, des jupes courtes et des tissus de base dans les maillots de bain. Elle invente même le maillot permettant de bronzer en utilisant du tissu photo perméable.
Ses premiers maillots ont la caractéristique d'avoir une fermeture à lacets pour un ajustement au corps, et des tissus tels que la gabardine et le coton qui ne s'étirent pas et ne s'emballent pas une fois mouillé. Elle conçoit même des maillots plus glamour en lamé métallique, en velours et même en dentelle, étant ainsi une sorte de précursseur de la lingerie féminine sexy et moderne.
Elle est aussi la première créatrice à introduire des tailles de robe dans les maillots de bain, concevant des maillots de bain pour plusieurs tailles et types de corps, plutôt que de produire une seule taille standard. Elle conçoit des maillots pour hommes, pour femmes, pour enfants et pour ados et elle est ainsi la première à distinguer des classes d'âges à travers les maillots de bain; tout comme à établir des maillots selon les saisons (distinguant l'hiver de l'été) et de proposer aussi des accessoires (sacs, chapeaux) mais aussi des vêtements de plage (vestes courtes et robes de plage).
Pour Rose Marie, la femme doit "être aussi belle en maillot de bain qu'en robe de soirée."
Des maillots en short & en jupette / Suits in shorts and skirtiny
Maillots "une pièce" classiques / Classic "One-Piece" Swimsuits
Maillots style lingerie (dentelle et nylon)
Lingerie-style swimsuits (lace and nylon)
Maillots "deux pièces" / "Two-Piece" Swimsuits
In 1949, the famous chic New York store Lord & Taylor's (thanks to the support of Griswold) exhibited her swimsuits exclusively in one of their windows on Fifth Avenue, starring a 29-karat gold swimsuit sold for $100.
Fashion shows are organized and consultants from her company even go to shops on certain days to advise buyers.
Her creations quickly become trendy and a fashion to follow, with innovative design allowing ease of movement in the water, and colorful fabrics made to be seen. She is the first swimwear designer to use inner bras, abdominal panels, fixed legs, elastic bands, short skirts and base fabrics in the swimwears. She even invents the bathing suit for tanning using photo permeable fabric.
Her early bath suits feature a lace-up closure for a snug fit, and fabrics such as gabardine and cotton that don't stretch or bunch up when wet. She even designs more glamorous swimsuits in metallic lamé, velvet and even lace, thus being a kind of precursor of sexy and modern women's lingerie.
She is also the first designer to introduce dress sizes into swimwear, designing swimsuits for multiple sizes and body types, rather than producing just one standard size. She designs swimsuits for men, women, children and teenagers and is thus the first to distinguish age groups through swimsuits; as well as establishing swimsuits according to the seasons (distinguishing winter from summer) and also offering accessories (bags, hats) but also beach clothing (short jackets and beach dresses).
For Rose Marie, the woman must "be as beautiful in a bathing suit as in an evening dress."
Côté innovation, elle dépose en 1950 une demande de brevet américain pour un maillot de bain une pièce utilisant un tissu élastique et dépourvu de boutons, permettant de l'enfiler facilement: elle reste la créatrice du maillot une pièce moderne. Le brevet, déposé en 1946 mais non délivré avant 1950, rapporte que l'invention «façonnerait et soutiendrait des parties du corps du porteur dans les zones du buste et de l'abdomen d'une manière flatteuse sans gêne ni entrave aux mouvements libres du corps.» La conception de Reid, comme le montre le brevet, est encore beaucoup plus adaptée qu'une pièce moderne, mais elle s'écarte des fermetures à glissière, des boutons et - à un moment donné - des lacets qu'elle avait utilisé dans ses précédentes conceptions.
Son entreprise a breveté une machine pour un point fagot qui est devenu la marque de fabrique de ses créations. Elle avait plusieurs autres brevets pour des maillots de bain et des accessoires.
Elle élabore rarement des croquis et travaille plutôt directement sur les mannequins au sein de son entreprise sur Sunset Boulevard (Los Angeles) et fait toujours tester ses maillots en les mettant dans l'eau douce et salée.
On the innovation side, in 1950 she applies for an American patent for a one-piece swimsuit using an elastic fabric with no buttons, allowing it to be easily put on: she remains the creator of the modern one-piece swimsuit. The patent, filed in 1946 but not granted until 1950, reports that the invention would "shape and support portions of the body of the wearer in areas of the bust and abdomen in a flattering manner without discomfort or impedance to free movements of the body." Reid's design, as the patent shows, is still much more tailored than a modern one-piece, but it departs from the zippers, buttons and - at one point - laces that she had used in her previous designs.
Her company patented a machine for a fagot stitch that became the hallmark of her designs. She had several other patents for swimwear and accessories.
She rarely draws sketches and instead works directly on girls models within her company on Sunset Boulevard (Los Angeles) and always has her bath suits tested by putting them in fresh and salt water.
Parmi ses créations célèbres, on retrouve le maillot surnommé le "Sablier" introduit en 1951 et produit dans de nombreuses variantes. Il est devenu l'un des best-sellers de son entreprise.
Sa ligne de maillots de bain "Magic Length" ("longueur magique") comportait un "soutien-gorge miracle" intérieur, des bretelles escamotables, un panneau de contrôle du ventre, à la jambe qui reste vers le bas et un dos élastiqué pour empêcher le corsage de s'ouvrir. Avec ses nombreuses adaptations pour différents types de corps, la "Magic Length" devient un classique de Rose Marie Reid et reste très populaire dans les années 1950.
Pour les adolescentes, elle créé la ligne Juniors avec ses initiales: "RMR Juniors".
~ Quelques modèles "Sablier" ~ Some "Hourglass" suits ~
~ Variantes du modèle "Magic Length" ~
~ La ligne "Mood Renaissance", publication dans Vogue, 12/1956 ~
~ The "Mood Renaissance" line, published in Vogue, 12/1956 ~
~ RMR Juniors, fin 1950s /début 1960s ~
Among her famous creations is the suit named the "Hourglass" introduced in 1951 and produced in many variations. It became one of his company's bestsellers.
Her "Magic Length" swimsuit line featured an inner "miracle bra", stow-away straps, tummy control panel, stay-down leg, and elasticated back for prevent the bodice from opening. With its many adaptations for different body types, the "Magic Length" became a Rose Marie Reid classic and remained very popular in the 1950s.
For teenage girls, she creates the Juniors line with her initials: "RMR Juniors".
Parmi les slogans utilisés dans les publicités, au début des années 1950s: "Rose Marie Reid, Maillots de bain sculptés" mettant en avant la ligne du corps, puis remplacé par "Rose Marie Reid, les joyaux de la mer" pour donner alors un aspect plus noble et accentuer le côté chic et mode des maillots.
~ Pubs "Rose Marie Reid, Sculptured Swimsuits" ~
~ Pubs "Rose Marie Reid, Jewels of the Sea" ~
Among the slogans used in advertisements in the early 1950s: "Rose Marie Reid, Sculptured Swimsuits" putting forward the body line, then replaced by "Rose Marie Reid, the jewels of the sea" to give an appearance more noble and accentuate the chic and fashionable side of the swimsuits.
En 1952, le chiffre d'affaires de son entreprise est à 5 millions de dollars, pour atteindre en 1958 la somme de 15 millions. En 1959, la production est de 10 000 costumes par jour et la distribution mondiale atteint 46 pays (sa marque est vendue à travers plusieurs bureaux de vente dans le monde: Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, New York, Londres, Amsterdam et Paris), faisant de Rose Marie Reid la plus grand fabricante de maillots de bain au monde. En 1960, les ventes de l'entreprise représentent alors près de 10 % du volume total de vente au détail de maillots de bain pour femmes.
Son succès l'amène à voyager fréquemment et à rencontrer des vendeurs pour leur donner des instructions sur les tissus, les styles et les designs. Elle sera même la première femme aux États-Unis à parcourir en avion plus de 800 000 km à travers les Etats-Unis. Sa fille Carole R. Burr, dira qu'"elle voyageait partout avec un Livre de Mormon, et souvent avec un bébé dans les bras" car quand elle le peut, elle emmène ses enfants lors de ses voyages d'affaires, quand elle ne les fait pas garder par sa mère et sa soeur. En 1938, elle prend même sa fille Sharon, âgée que de 10 jours, ce qui fera du bébé "la plus jeune personne ayant voyagé en avion."
Elle est également nommée en 1955 l'une des 10 femmes de l'année par le Los Angeles Times, et en 1958, le Sports Illustrated la célèbre par le prix du designer de l'année ("American Sportwear and Design Award").
Ses créations sont publiées dans les pages mode des magazines américains: Life, Harper's Bazaar, Esquire, California Stylist, New Yorker, Seventeen, Mademoiselle.
28 mai 1958, New York, Saint Regis Hotel
Rose Marie Reid et son prix de Sports Illustrated
Publicités & Maillots de bain correspondants
Publicités années 1950s
Publicités parues dans Vogue, 11/1954
Publicités parues dans Vogue, 1958-1961
Mannequins des années 1950s dans les magazines de mode:
Evelyn Tripp, Nancy Berg, Carmen Dell 'Orefice, Joanna McCormick...
Mannequins des années 1960s dans les magazines de mode:
Anna Carin Bjorck, Dorothy McGowan, Suzie Parker, Jean Shrimpton ...
In 1952, the turnover of her company was 5 million dollars, to reach in 1958 the sum of 15 million. In 1959, production was 10,000 suits per day and worldwide distribution reached 46 countries (her brand was sold through several sales offices around the world: Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami, New York, London, Amsterdam and Paris) , making Rose Marie Reid the largest swimwear manufacturer in the world. By 1960, company sales were nearly 10% of total women's swimwear retail volume.
Her success led her to travel frequently and meet with salespeople to instruct them on fabrics, styles and designs. She will even be the first woman in the United States to fly more than 800,000 km across the United States. Her daughter, Carole R. Burr, will say that "she traveled everywhere with a Book of Mormon, and often with a baby in her arms" because when she can, she takes her children on her business trips, when she doen't make them keeping by her mother and her sister. In 1938, she even takes her 10-day-old daughter Sharon, making the baby "the youngest person to travel by plane."
She is also named one of the 10 women of the year by the Los Angeles Times in 1955, and in 1958, Sports Illustrated celebrates her with the designer of the year award ("American Sportwear and Design Award").
Her creations are published in the fashion pages of American magazines: Life, Harper's Bazaar, Esquire, California Stylist, New Yorker, Seventeen, Mademoiselle.
Très croyante, Rose Marie Reid est membre de l'Église de Jésus-Christ des Saints des Derniers Jours pour lesquels elle contribue à de nombreuses collecte de fonds, notamment en 1954 pour la construction de bâtiments d'église et du temple de Los Angeles en Californie. Elle partage sa foi autant avec ses voisins passagers d'avion, que ses mannequins ou ses associés en affaire. Parmi son entourage proche, elle a de nombreux amis juifs avec qui elle partage ses croyances. Elle tient le rôle de missionnaire pour l'Eglise en Californie.
En 1959, elle est invitée par l'Église de Jésus-Christ des Saints des Derniers Jours à redessiner les vêtements du temple LDS. Rose Marie était également une bienfaitrice très généreuse de l'Université Brigham Young (elle y a prononcé un discours "dévotionnel" en 1953) et a siégé au Conseil consultatif national.
Et quand elle conçoit le maillot de bain blanc à motif perlé rose appelé "Starlight", elle demande aux membres locaux de la Société de Secours de coudre des paillettes sur les maillots: des centaines de soeurs se portent bénévoles, et le maillot d'être renommé le maillot de "Relief Society Suit" ("la société de secours"), se vendant au prix de 50 $. Elle fait don des bénéfices des ventes à succès de ce maillot au fonds de construction du temple. "Starlight" est si populaire que même le magazine Life publie en 1956 un article deux pages et demie sur ce maillot "le plus photographié cette saison".
Rose Marie dans son rôle de missionnaire mormone pour l'Eglise
Rose Marie in her role as a Mormon missionary for the Church
Le modèle "Starlight"
"Starlight" dans Life - 16 avril 1956
Very religious, Rose Marie Reid is a member of the The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints for which she contributes to numerous fundraisers, notably in 1954 for the construction of church buildings and the temple of Los Angeles in California. She shares her faith as much with her fellow airline passengers as her models or business associates. Among her close entourage, she has many Jewish friends with whom she shares her beliefs. She serves as a missionary for the Church in California.
In 1959, she is invited by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to redesign the clothing for the LDS temple. Rose Marie is also a very generous benefactor of Brigham Young University (she gave a "devotional" address there in 1953) and serves on the National Advisory Board.
And when she designs the pink-beaded white bathing suit called "Starlight," she asks local Relief Society members to sew sequins onto the bathing suits: Hundreds of sisters volunteer, and the bathing suit is renamed the "Relief Society Suit", selling for $50. She donates the proceeds from the successful sales of this suit to the temple building fund. "Starlight" was so popular that even Life magazine in 1956 published a two-and-a-half-page article on this "most photographed swimsuit that season".
Les stars -/- The celebrities
Son succès gagne Hollywood et des actrices célèbres portent ses maillots de bain en posant pour des photos de style pin-up comme Joan Crawford, Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Rhonda Fleming, Yvonne de Carlo, Mary Murphy et Cyd Charisse.
Her success is gaining Hollywood and famous actresses wear her bathsuits posing for pin-up style photos like Joan Crawford, Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Rhonda Fleming, Yvonne de Carlo, Mary Murphy and Cyd Charisse.
~ Mary Murphy, Yvonne De Carlo, Rhonda Fleming, Cyd Charisse ~
~ Diana Dors porte le modèle Starlight -
~ Rita Hayworth, 1947 ~
Pour une séance photos, Rita Hayworth va rendre célèbre le maillot qui sera surnommé le "Lamé métalissé scintillant" en 1947, en posant pour des portraits publicitaires du photographe Robert Coburn pour le film "L'étoile des étoiles". Maillot qui sera porté la même année par une autre actrice en herbe qui faisait ses débuts: Shelley Winters.
~ Rita Hayworth, 1947 ~
For a photo shoot, Rita Hayworth will make famous the suit which will be nicknamed the "glittering metallic lamé" in 1947, by posing for publicity portraits of photographer Robert Coburn for the film "Down to Earth". Suit that will be worn the same year by another budding actress who was making her debut: Shelley Winters.
~ Shelley Winters, 1947 ~
Ses maillots sont aussi portés par des actrices et acteurs dans plusieurs films montrant des fêtes sur les plages californiennes de la fin des années 1950 au début des années 1960, notamment dans "Gidget" (1959 - avec Sandra Dee), dans "Where the Boys Are" (1960 - avec George Hamilton, Yvette Mimieux et Barbara Nichols) et "Muscle Beach Party" (1964), permettant de contribuer à l'esprit juvénile de la culture balnéaire de la Californie prônant le soleil et le surf.
Gidget - 1959
Where The Boys Are - 1960
Her swimsuits are also worn by actresses and actors in several films showing Californian beach parties from the late 1950s to the beginning of the 1960s, notably in "Gidget" (1959 - with Sandra Dee), in "Where the Boys Are" (1960 - with George Hamilton, Yvette Mimieux and Barbara Nichols) and "Muscle Beach Party" (1964), contributing to the youthful spirit of California's sun and surf beach culture.
Publicité collection Juniors - Sandra Dee & James Darren / Yvette Mimieux
La fin de son style -/- The end of her style
Début des années 1960s, les maillots de bain deux pièces deviennent très populaires et sont de plus en plus petits: c'est l'ère du bikini. En plus de rejetter les offres lucratives pour des partenariats publicitaires (comme pour les cigarettes Camel), Rose Marie Reid, mêlant sa foi à son métier, refuse catégoriquement de suivre la tendance du bikini trop "impudique" et sans avenir aux USA selon elle, pour continuer à prôner ses maillots une pièce, ou ses deux pièces à la culotte couvrante. En 1963, c'est donc en raison de désaccords avec ses investisseurs et partenaires commerciaux sur la conception et la production de bikinis, que Rose Marie Reid quitte son entreprise en cédant sa marque à Jonathan Logan Company et ses maillots continuent à être produit sous son nom par Munsingwear.
En 1964, elle lance une perruque pour femmes, faite de fibres synthétiques, sous le nom de "Reid-Meredith".
En 1967, elle s'installe à Provo, dans l'Utah, pour se rapprocher de sa famille et travaille pour l'Eglise mormone. À la fin des années 1960, elle aide son fils Bruce à créer la société The R&M Living Wig.
Elle décède le 16 décembre 1978 des complications après une opération chirurgicale, à l'âge de 72 ans (et non à 66 ans tel que l'indiquait sa nécrologie du New York Times ), dans la maison de sa fille Carole à Provo, dans l'Utah. A sa mort, elle laissait dans le deuil ses trois enfants et avait 19 petits-enfants.
Perruques "Reid Meredith" - 1969
At the beginning of the 1960s, two-piece swimsuits become very popular and are smaller: it is the era of the bikini. In addition to rejecting lucrative offers for advertising partnerships (like for Camel cigarettes), Rose Marie Reid, mixing her faith with her profession, categorically refuses to follow the bikini trend that is too "immodest" and without a future in the USA according to her, to continue to advocate its one-piece swimsuits, or its two-pieces with covering panties. In 1963, it is therefore due to disagreements with her investors and business partners on the design and production of bikinis, that Rose Marie Reid leaves her company by selling her brand to Jonathan Logan Company and her swimsuits continue to be produced under her name by Munsingwear.
In 1964, she launches a wig for women, made of synthetic fibers, under the name "Reid-Meredith".
In 1967, she moves to Provo, Utah, to be closer to her family and works for the Mormon Church. In the late 1960s, she helps her son Bruce to establish The R&M Living Wig Company.
She dies of complications after surgery on December 16, 1978, at the age of 72 (not 66 as her New York Times obituary indicated), at her daughter Carole's home in Provo, NY. Utah. At her death, she was survived by her three children and had 19 grandchildren.
Des créations mythiques -/- Legendary Creations
Sa marque et son nom se perpétue: après Munsingwear qui distribue ses maillot jusqu'en 1965, United Merchants représentait son nom jusqu'en 1986, c'est ensuite au tour de Sirena Apparel Group qui a racheté la licence en 1994.
Aujourd'hui, la plus grande collection de documents et de maillots de bain de Rose Marie Reid se trouve dans les collections spéciales L. Tom Perry de la bibliothèque Harold B. Lee de l'Université Brigham Young à Provo, dans l'Utah.
Plusieurs expositions de ses créations sont organisées à travers les années: le 17 août 2015, la bibliothèque Harold B. Lee organise une grande exposition qui dure 9 mois sur la vie et la carrière de Reid intitulée "Rose Marie Reid: Glamour by Design", avec en parallèle une exposition en ligne
-(à voir sur la page Rose Marie Reid Glamour by Design )
Les amoureux de la mode vintage et de l'ère pin-up achètent ses maillots d'occasion revendus en moyenne entre 100 et 300 € sur les sites internets (ebay, etsy ...).
Publicités années 1980s: le nom de Rose Marie Reid par la marque Lycra
Maillots de bain, foulards et robes d'été
Herbrand and name continue till today: after Munsingwear which distributed its suits until 1965, United Merchants represented her name until 1986, it was then the Sirena Apparel Group which bought the license in 1994.
Today, the largest collection of Rose Marie Reid documents and swimwear is in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections of the Harold B. Lee Library at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
Several exhibitions of her creations are organized throughout the years: on August 17, 2015, the Harold B. Lee Library organizes a major exhibition which lasts 9 months on the life and career of Reid entitled "Rose Marie Reid: Glamour by Design", with an online exhibition in parallel.
Lovers of vintage fashion and the pin-up era buy his second-hand swimsuits resold on average between €100 and €300 on websites (ebay, etsy...).
Marilyn Monroe en Rose Marie Reid
Marilyn Monroe wearing Rose Marie Reid's
1948-1952
On connaît 6 maillots de bain de Rose Marie Reid portés par Marilyn Monroe; mais sans doute en a-t-elle portés d'autres. Les marques de vêtements sont rarement cités dans les pages de magazines qui publiaient les photographies de Marilyn et elle fait partie des célébrités des années 1950s qui a beaucoup posé en maillot de bain (une pièce ou deux pièces) - à travers ses débuts de mannequins devenant une référence de pin-up mais aussi durant le reste de sa carrière.
We know 6 Rose Marie Reid's swimsuits worn by Marilyn Monroe; but no doubt she wore others. Clothing brands are rarely mentioned in the pages of magazines that published Marilyn's photographs and she was one of the celebrities of the 1950s who posed a lot in swimsuits (one-piece or two-piece) - through her beginnings as models becoming a pin-up reference but also during the rest of her career.
1- Le maillot deux pièces en taffetas "The Swish"
1- The taffeta plaid two-piece swimsuit "The Swish"
Maillot de bain deux pièces de la ligne "The Swish" ("frou-frou" en français), composé d'un soutien-gorge à carreaux et d'une jupe en biais faite de taffetas à carreaux noir et blanc à volants, apposée sur un short en satin noir.
Two-piece swimsuit from the "The Swish" line, consisting of a plaid bra and a bias skirt made of ruffled black and white plaid taffeta, affixed to a black satin shorts.
Marilyn l'a porté 5 fois entre 1948 et 1949:
pour des portraits publicitaires des studios de la Columbia par Cronenweth ;
à une séance style pin-up à un hôtel ;
à la piscine de Rockford pour la tournée promo de Love Happy ;
à son hôtel à Détroit lors de la tournée de Love Happy ;
pour une séance publicitaire pour de la bière.
Marilyn wore it 5 times between 1948 and 1949:
for publicity portraits of Columbia studios by Cronenweth;
at a pin-up shoot at a hotel;
at the Rockford Pool for the Love Happy promo tour;
at her hotel in Detroit while touring to promote Love Happy;
for a publicity session for beer.
On ne sait pas ce qu'est devenu le maillot.
It is not known what became of the suit.
article Maillot de bain en taffetas à carreaux de Rose Marie Reid
2- Le maillot deux pièces en satin blanc
2- The white satin two-piece swimsuit
Maillot de bain deux pièces en satin blanc délavé, composé d'un soutien-gorge et d'un short.
Two-piece swimsuit in white delustered satin, consisting of a bra and shorts.
Marilyn l'a porté 1 fois en 1948:
Séance en style pin-up le 07/07/1948, Los Angeles - Tow House Hotel Tennis
Marilyn wore it 1 time in 1948:
Pin-up sitting style, the July 07, 1948 at Town House Hotel Tennis
On ne sait pas ce qu'est devenu le maillot.
It is not known what became of the suit.
3- Le maillot or et bleu "Cut Diamond Magic"
3- The gold and blue suit "Cut Diamond Magic"
Maillot de la ligne "Magic Length", surnommé le "Cut Diamond Magic" (la "coupe magique de diamant"), de forme bustier, avec des fils de nylon élastique afin de s'ajuster parfaitement au corps, avec des motifs géométriques, de couleur or canyon et des nuances de bleu.
Swimsuit from the "Magic Length" line, nicknamed the "Cut Diamond Magic", bustier shape, with elastic nylon threads to fit perfectly to the body, with geometric patterns, in color of canyon gold and shades of blue..
Marilyn l'a porté 1 fois en 1951:
Séance de portraits publicitaires de la RKO par Phil Burchman
Marilyn wore it 1 time in 1951:
Sitting of publicity portraits for RKO Studios by Phil Burchman
On ne sait pas ce qu'est devenu le maillot.
It is not known what became of the suit.
4- Le maillot gris, rouge et vert "Cut Diamond Magic"
4- The grey, red and green suit "Cut Diamond Magic"
Maillot de la ligne "Magic Length", surnommé le "Cut Diamond Magic" (la "coupe magique de diamant"), avec ou sans bretelles (elles sont amovibles), de forme bustier, avec des fils de nylon élastique pour mouler la silhouette et de la dentelle, avec des motifs de fleurs rouge poinsettia et des nuances de gris ou de vert clairière.
Swimsuit from the "Magic Length" line, nicknamed the "Cut Diamond Magic", with or without straps (they are removable), bustier shape, with elastic nylon threads to mold the silhouette and lace, with poinsettia red flower patterns and shades of gray or glade green.
Marilyn l'a porté 1 fois en 1951:
Séance de portraits publicitaires de la RKO par Phil Burchman
Marilyn wore it 1 time in 1951:
Sitting of publicity portraits for RKO Studios by Phil Burchman
On ne sait pas ce qu'est devenu le maillot.
It is not known what became of the suit.
5- Le maillot jaune doré "Sea Scallop"
5- The golden yellow "Sea Scallop" suit
Maillot de la ligne "Sea Scallop" (signifiant littérallement "le homard de mer"), se fermant par six gros boutons. Maillot semblant être populaire par Reid, car en plus d'avoir été porté par Jane Russell, il figurait aussi dans une publicité (de couleur verte).
Swimsuit from the "Sea Scallop" line, closing with six large buttons. Suit seemed to be popular by Reid, because in addition to having been worn by Jane Russell, it also appeared in an advertisement (in green color).
Marilyn l'a porté 1 fois en 1952:
pour une séance photos avec le photographe Earl Theisen
Marilyn wore it 1 time in 1952:
for a photo shoot with photographer Earl Theisen
On ne sait pas ce qu'est devenu le maillot.
It is not known what became of the suit.
article Maillot de bain doré de Rose Marie Reid
6- Le maillot métallique
6- The metallic swimsuit
Maillot de forme bustier, métallique doré avec des formes géométriques noires à l'imitation lingerie. Elle porte un autre modèle de maillot similaire, d'une couleur plus claire.
Strapless swimsuit, gold metallic with black geometric shapes in imitation lingerie. She wears another similar suit model, in a lighter color.
Marilyn l'a porté 2 fois en 1951:
pour une fête simulée à la villa de Hoover pour Modern Screen;
pour une séance photos avec le photographe Earl Theisen
Marilyn wore it 2 times in 1951:
for a fake party at Hoover's villa for Modern Screen;
for a photo shoot with photographer Earl Theisen
On ne sait pas ce que sont devenus les maillots.
It is not known what became of the suits.
article Maillot de bain métallique de Rose Marie Reid
Une biographie intitulée "Rose Marie Reid: An Extraordinary Life Story" (en français: "Rose Marie Reid, l'histoire d'une vie extraordinaire"), de Carole Reid Burr (sa fille) et Roger K Peterson, est sortie en 1995. Livre disponible qu'en anglais, aucune édition en français.
A biography entitled "Rose Marie Reid: An Extraordinary Life Story", by Carole Reid Burr (her daughter) and Roger K Peterson, was released in 1995.
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Dressing - Maillot de bain doré de Rose Marie Reid
Maillot de bain une pièce doré
Gold one-piece Swimsuit
Maillot de bain une pièce doré conçu par la créatrice américaine Rose Marie Reid, qui se ferme par six gros boutons, situés sur le devant du corps, côté gauche. Le décolleté est fait d'un revers. Ce modèle porte le nom du maillot "Sea Scalop" ("le homard de mer").
Gold one-piece swimsuit designed by American designer Rose Marie Reid, which closes with six large buttons, located on the front of the body, on the left side. The neckline is made with a lapel. This model is named the "Sea Scallop" swimsuit.
Marilyn porte le maillot lors d'une séance photos organisée en studio, en 1952, sous l'objectif du photographe Earl Theisen. Le maillot comporte des bretelles: Marilyn le porte tantôt avec, tantôt sans.
Marilyn wears the swimsuit during a photo shoot organized in a studio in 1952, under the lens of photographer Earl Theisen. The swimsuit has straps: Marilyn wears it sometimes with, sometimes without.
- Le maillot avec bretelles -
- The swimsuit with straps -
- Le maillot sans bretelles -
- The swimsuit strapless - 
Existe-t-il deux versions de ce maillot: un avec bretelles et un sans - comme on peut le voir sur cette photographie de la créatrice Rose Marie Reid en compagnie d'une jeune mannequin pendant une séance d'essayage, le maillot ne comporte ici pas de bretelles. Mais peut être les bretelles sont amovibles (possibilité de les retirer par un système de boutonnage) ou tout simplement rentrées à l'intérieur du maillot pour les cacher.
Are there two versions of this swimsuit: one with straps and one without - as can be seen in this photograph of designer Rose Marie Reid with a young model during a fitting session, the swimsuit doesn't have straps here. But maybe the straps are removable (possibility of removing them by a buttoning system) or simply tucked inside the jersey to hide them.
- Rose Marie Reid et une mannequin -
- Rose Marie Reid and a model -
Le maillot doré porté par d'autres
The Gold Swimsuit worn by others
L'actrice Jane Russell a porté de nombreux maillots de bain créés par Rose Marie Reid. La voici posant en style de pin-up (photographie de 1952, par John Engstead) dans le même maillot de bain que celui porté par Marilyn.
Actress Jane Russell has worn many swimsuits designed by Rose Marie Reid. Here she is posing in pin-up style (1952 photograph, by John Engstead) in the same swimsuit as the one worn by Marilyn.
Les versions 'alternatives' du maillot doré
The 'alternative' versions of the gold swimsuit
- Maillot de bain une pièce de Rose Marie Reid -
même modèle que le maillot doré mais en tissu vert
- One-piece swimsuit by Rose Marie Reid -
same model as the golden bath suit but in green fabric
- Il était vendu dans les boutiques au Royaume-Uni en 1952 -
- It was sold in shops in United-Kingdom in 1952 -
Les maillots à boutons de Reid
The Reid's buttons swimsuits
- Maillot de bain une pièce de Rose Marie Reid -
une autre création antérieure, au style différent,
mais on y retrouve les gros boutons placés au milieu devant
One piece swimsuit by Rose Marie Reid -
another previous creation, with a different style,
but we find the big buttons placed in the middle in front
Jane Russell, 1948
Publicité, années 1950s
Les maillots dorés de Reid
The Reid's gold swimsuits
- Maillot de bain une pièce de Rose Marie Reid -
une autre création antérieure, même modèle,
mais sans le bouttonage
en version or lamé métallique scintillant
- One piece swimsuit by Rose Marie Reid -
another previous creation, same model,
but without the buttoning
in a glittering metallic gold lame version
- Ce maillot est porté par Rita Hayworth en 1947
pour des portraits publicitaires de Robert Coburn
pour le film "L'étoile des étoiles" -
This bathing suit is worn by Rita Hayworth in 1947
for publicity portraits by Robert Coburn
for the movie "Down to Earth"
- Maillot porté aussi en 1947 par l'actrice Shelley Winters -
- Suit worn also in 1947 by actress Shelley Winters -
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Marilyn & Friends: Happy Halloween 2021
Norma Jeane Dougherty - future Marilyn Monroe - en 1945
photographie d'André De Dienes
Pour le prochain week-end d'Halloween 2021 le dimanche 31 octobre,
quelques photographies d'actrices qui ont données la réplique à Marilyn Monroe.
For the next weekend of Halloween 2021 Sunday October 31,
some photographs of actresses who gave the replica to Marilyn Monroe.
June Haver
partenaire de Marilyn dans "Scudda Hoo ! Scudda Hay !" en 1947
partner of Marilyn in "Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!" in 1947
Colleen Townsend
partenaire de Marilyn dans "Scudda Hoo ! Scudda Hay !" en 1947
partner of Marilyn in "Scudda Hoo! Scudda Hay!" in 1947
Barbara Stanwyck
partenaire de Marilyn dans "Le démon s 'éveille la nuit" en 1952
partner of Marilyn in "Clash by night" in 1952
Jane Russell
partenaire de Marilyn dans "Les hommes préfèrent les blondes" en 1952
partner of Marilyn in "Gentlemen prefer Blondes" in 1952
Betty Grable
partenaire de Marilyn dans "Comment épouser un millionnaire" en 1953
partner of Marilyn in "How to marry a millionaire" in 1953
Ethel Merman
partenaire de Marilyn dans "La joyeuse parade" en 1954
partner of Marilyn in "There's no business like show business" in 1954
Cyd Charisse
partenaire de Marilyn dans "Quelque chose va craquer" en 1962
partner of Marilyn in "Something's got to give" in 1962
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Hollywood Beach Beauties: Sea Sirens, Sun Goddesses, and Summer Style 1930-1970
Hollywood Beach Beauties:
Sea Sirens, Sun Goddesses, and Summer Style
1930-1970
Auteur: David Wills
Date de sortie: mai 2018
Relié 224 pages
Dimensions: 20,3 x 2 x 24,8 cm
Langue: anglais
Éditeur: Dey Street Books
ISBN-10: 0062842854
ISBN-13: 978-0062842855
Prix éditeur: 25 Euros
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Description : The author of the acclaimed photo compilations Vegas Gold, Hollywood in Kodachrome, Marilyn Monroe: Metamorphosis, and Audrey: The 60s, now presents a glamorous and nostalgic celebration of summer at the beach, captured in 150 stunning vintage photographs featuring beloved female celebrities, models, and starlets from the 1930s through the 1970s.
Renowned independent curator and photographic preservationist David Wills commemorates the allure and joy of the sun, the sand, the ocean, and the fashions of endless summer with this sizzling collection. Hollywood Beach Beauties includes more than one-hundred vibrant color images of some of Hollywood’s most timeless stars lounging and playing at one of the most iconic settings: the beach.
Hollywood Beach Beauties highlights the sexy, carefree attitude of the summer, the elegant seaside couture, and the enchanting and alluring beauty of the female form. Included here are candid and stylish photographs featuring stars of yesterday such as Elizabeth Taylor, Rita Hayworth, Audrey Hepburn, Marilyn Monroe, Brigitte Bardot, Sharon Tate, Raquel Welch, Sophia Loren, Dorothy Dandridge, and Nancy Sinatra.
A treasure trove for classic movie mavens, vintage photography enthusiasts, and pop culture aficionados, this stunning theme-driven compendium taps into nostalgia for the joys of summer and captures the dazzling beauty of the seaside and some of the most stylish stars of the big screen in a fresh, unique, and captivating way.
(quatrième de couverture): Celebrate the allure and joy of the sun, the sand, the ocean, and the fashions of endless summers with this sizzling collection of Hollywood’s most timeless stars, starlets, and models lounging and playing in one of the most iconic settings: the beach.
A treasure trove for classic-movie fans, vintage-photography enthusiasts, and pop-culture aficionados, this stunning compendium highlights the sexy, carefree attitude of the summer, the elegant seaside couture, and the enchanting beauty of the female form.
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45 things you didn't know about Marilyn Monroe
45 things you didn't know about Marilyn Monroe
published on June, 1st, 2016
by Horatia Harrod - online Telegraph
Norma Jeane Mortenson - better known as Marilyn Monroe
1. Marilyn was relatively poorly paid. Jane Russell was paid around 10 times as much as Marilyn when they co-starred in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Her salary for her final unfinished film, Something’s Got to Give, was $100,000. Compare that with Elizabeth Taylor, who was getting a million dollars for Cleopatra; or even Marilyn’s co-star in the film, Dean Martin, who was on $500,000. Today, her estate makes around five million dollars a year.
2. But she died having become a million-dollar movie star. In 1962 she was fired by Twentieth-Century Fox from the production of Something’s Got to Give because of her chronic lateness and no-shows (she didn’t appear for the first two weeks of filming). But on August 1, four days before her death, she was rehired by Fox on a $1million, two-picture deal.
3. She found it almost impossible to learn lines, and took 60 takes to deliver the line “It’s me, Sugar”, in Some Like it Hot.
4. She was Playboy’s first Sweetheart (later Playmate) of the Month, in 1953. Marilyn had been paid $50 to model for the picture in 1949; Hugh Hefner bought it for $500.
5. Several of the burial vaults near to Marilyn’s have been put on sale. When Elsie Poncher, the widow of the man in the vault above Marilyn’s, put his space up for sale on eBay, she received dozens of bids, including one for £2.8million.
6. Hugh Hefner owns the burial vault next to Marilyn at the Westwood Memorial Park in Los Angeles. He bought it in 1992 for £50,000.
Marilyn Monroe on the cover of the first issue of 'Playboy'
7. She went by many names. On her birth certificate she is Norma Jeane Mortenson; she was baptised Norma Jeane Baker; she modelled under the names Jean Norman and Mona Monroe; her initial idea for a screen name was Jean Adair; she signed into hotels as Zelda Zonk and into a psychiatric clinic as Faye Miller. She only legally changed her name to Marilyn Monroe in March 1956, when she was already a star.
8. She was placed with 11 sets of foster parents after her mother, Gladys, was institutionalised. She also spent almost a year in the Children’s Aid Society Orphanage in Los Angeles.
9. Goya was her favourite artist: “I know this man very well, we have the same dreams, I have had the same dreams since I was a child.”
Marilyn Monroe poses over the updraft of a New York subway grating
during a photo session to promote the film The Seven Year Itch in September 1954
Credit: Matty Zimmerman
10. Marilyn became a Christian Scientist at the age of 18; later in her life she dabbled in alternative spiritualities, including Anthroposophy, the philosophy espoused by Rudolf Steiner. She converted to Judaism before her 1956 marriage to Arthur Miller.
11. Her weight went up and down so dramatically during the filming of The Prince and the Showgirl that the costume designer, Beatrice Dawson, had to create facsimile dresses in different sizes. “I have two ulcers from this film,” she said, “and they’re both monogrammed MM.”
12. She was rarely without an acting coach. Her first, Natasha Lytess, worked with her for six years and 22 films, clashing with directors, whose authority she challenged, and studio heads, who paid her bills. (Marilyn also paid her a wage – and settled her £11,000 debt at the dentist.)
Later, Paula Strasberg took Lytess’s role; unlike Lytess, who tried to direct Marilyn’s every movement from behind the camera, Strasberg was consulted between takes. To coach Marilyn in The Prince and the Showgirl, she was paid $25,000 – as much as some of the featured actors were getting.
Marilyn Monroe and Laurence Olivier on the set of The Prince and the Showgirl
13. For 20 years after Marilyn’s death, Joe DiMaggio arranged to have roses sent to her crypt three times a week.
14. In January 2011, Authentic Brand Groups bought the licensing rights to the Marilyn Monroe estate, for a price in the range of $30million. “On the media and entertainment side,” said the company’s chief executive, Jamie Salter, “I think she’s got a career in front of her, just based on technology.”
15. At the 1999 auction of Marilyn’s effects, her white baby grand piano was bought by Mariah Carey, the singer, for $662,500. (The estimate had been $10,000-$15,000.) The piano had been bought by Marilyn’s mother, and sold after she had her breakdown, but Marilyn eventually found it and bought it back, keeping it with her until her death.
16. There was an open casket at her funeral. She wore an apple green Pucci sheath dress made of nylon jersey and a platinum wig (her head had been partially shaved during the autopsy).
17. She was thought to have been planning to remarry Joe DiMaggio at the time of her death. After the failure of their marriage, DiMaggio had undergone therapy, stopped drinking alcohol and expanded his interests beyond baseball: he and Marilyn read poetry together in these later years.
Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio Credit: Reuters
18. Marilyn’s beaded Jean Louis gown, worn when she sang Happy Birthday to President Kennedy, was sold in 1999 for £820,000. At the time it was the record price for a single item of clothing, until Marilyn’s billowing white Seven Year Itch dress was put up for sale by Debbie Reynolds in 2011, where it made £2.8 million.
19. Marilyn owned many dogs during her life; her last was a Maltese terrier given to her by Frank Sinatra, which she named Maf (short for Mafia Honey). At the Christie’s sale in 1999, two Polaroids of Maf sold for £220,000.
20. Marilyn left 75 per cent of her estate to the Strasbergs; eventually this fell to Anna Strasberg, Lee Strasberg’s third wife. She vetoes the use of all images in which Marilyn wears fur, citing Marilyn’s love of animals as a reason.
21. The Anna Freud Centre, a child therapy clinic in Hampstead, north London, owns the remaining 25 per cent of Marilyn Monroe’s estate. The centre was left its share by Dr Marianne Kris, one of Marilyn’s therapists, and the original beneficiary of her will.
22. Before her marriages to Joe DiMaggio and Arthur Miller, Marilyn was married to James Dougherty. She was 16 when they tied the knot. Dougherty, who later became a detective in the LAPD, was forbidden by his second wife from going to see any of Marilyn’s films.
Marilyn Monroe with her first husband, James Dougherty Credit: EPA
23. Marilyn whitened her skin with hormone cream, one side effect of which was to encourage the growth of blonde down on her face; Marilyn would not remove this peach fuzz, believing that it gave her face a soft glow on camera.
24. She was never nominated for an Academy Award, but she was voted the “Oomph Girl” at Emerson Junior High in 1941; crowned Castroville’s first Artichoke Queen in 1948; and was Stars and Stripes magazine’s Miss Cheesecake of 1950.
25. She was named “The Most Advertised Girl in the World” by the Advertising Association of the West in 1953. Among the brands she represented were American Airlines, Kyron Way Diet Pills, Pabst Beer, Tan-Tan Suntan Lotion and Royal Triton Oil.
26. In 1950, Johnny Hyde, her agent, paid for her to have two plastic surgeries: a tip rhinoplasty (reshaping the soft cartilage at the end of her nose); and a chin implant.
27. She was an early devotee of yoga, and was taught by Indra Devi, a Swedish-Russian Bollywood film star who also taught Greta Garbo and Gloria Swanson.
28. Marilyn’s intervention got Ella Fitzgerald her first major engagement at a Los Angeles nightclub. In 1955 the colour bar was still in force, but Marilyn convinced the management to let Fitzgerald play by promising to sit in the front row for a week.
29. Marilyn was only the second woman to head her own production company (Mary Pickford was the first).
30. Marilyn had a fixation on Clark Gable, her co-star in The Misfits; as a young girl, Marilyn dreamed that he was her father. When he died, she said that she cried for two days.
31. She preferred to go naked. Among female studio employees – wardrobe mistresses, hairdressers, make-up artists – she often went without clothes. She gave interviews in the nude and often went out wearing nothing under the black mink that Joe DiMaggio had given her.
Montgomery Clift, Marilyn Monroe and Clark Gable, stars of 'The Misfits' Credit: AP
32. Writers loved her. Jean-Paul Sartre wanted her to play the role of a hysterical patient in the film Freud, for which he wrote the first draft of a screenplay; she was Truman Capote’s first choice for the part of Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
33. Marilyn’s death was ruled a “probable suicide”, but toxicology tests were only carried out on her liver. When the deputy coroner, Thomas Noguchi, tried to obtain her other organs for testing, he was told they’d been destroyed.
34. Veronica Hamel, an actress, bought Marilyn’s house in 1972. She claimed that when she was renovating the house she discovered an extensive system of wire-taps.
35. Marilyn’s hero was Abraham Lincoln: “I used to read everything I could find about him,” she wrote in her (ghosted) autobiography, My Story. “He was the only famous American who seemed most like me, at least in his childhood.”
36. The books she was reading at the time of her death were Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird and Captain Newman MD, a novel by Leo Rosten based on the life of Monroe’s psychiatrist, Ralph Greenson.
37. Two men claimed paternity of Marilyn on their deathbeds: C Stanley Gifford, who both Marilyn and her mother believed was her father, but who refused to meet Marilyn when she was alive; and Edward Mortensen, who was married to her mother at the time of her birth, and whose (misspelled) surname appears on her birth certificate.
38. She was athletic. As a young married woman on Catalina Island in the early Forties, she studied weightlifting with a former Olympic champion named Howard Corrington. She later went tandem surfing with a boyfriend, Tommy Zahn, balancing on his shoulders as they cut through the waves.
39. She was a talented producer. Marilyn Monroe Productions, which she formed in 1955 with Milton Greene, the photographer, only solely produced one film, The Prince and the Showgirl. Marilyn showed her nous in winning the script: she managed to wangle a meeting with the writer, Terence Rattigan, in New York, where he was stopping over en route to Hollywood to discuss the script with the director William Wyler, luring him from the airport to a downtown bar. When Wyler failed to make him a concrete offer, Rattigan went with Monroe.
40. Many of her friends believed she was murdered. Among the potential suspects: Robert Kennedy (with whom she had had an affair); John F Kennedy (ditto); mafioso Sam Giancana; the FBI; the CIA; her psychiatrist, Ralph Greenson.
41. During the filming of Let’s Make Love, Marilyn’s no-shows added 28 days to the shooting time and $1 million to the budget.
Allan 'Whitey' Snyder applying Marilyn Monroe's makeup
on the set of 'Let's Make Love' Credit: AP
42. Her career in front of the camera began when she was discovered working on the assembly line at Radioplane, a munitions factory, by a photographer called David Conover.
43. Arthur Miller’s play After the Fall is generally thought to be a thinly veiled portrayal of his marriage to Marilyn. The writer James Baldwin walked out of the play because he thought that “Maggie”, the Monroe character, was written so cruelly.
Marilyn Monroe with then-husband Arthur Miller in July 1956 Credit: AP
44. She only owned one home by herself: the house she died in at 12305 Fifth Helena Drive, Brentwood.
45. When she met Nikita Khrushchev, they discussed The Brothers Karamazov. She dreamed of playing the part of Grushenka in a film of the book.
A Green Jersey Top & Deep Purple Velvet Pants
Le maillot vert en jersey & le pantalon violet en velours
A Green Jersey Top & Deep Purple Velvet Pants
Cet ensemble est composé d'un maillot vert en jersey à longues manches et au décolleté croisé, d'un pantalon bleu/violet foncé en velours et d'une ceinture en soie de couleur lavande pâle. Il a été conçu par le créateur et couturier de la 20th Century Fox, William "Billy" Travilla pour le film Gentlemen prefer blondes (Les hommes préfèrent les blondes) tourné en 1952.
Marilyn Monroe fit deux essais de tests costumes avec cette tenue: d'abord, le 12 novembre 1952, elle pose seule devant l'ardoise indiquant les notions liées à la tenue dans le film (le rôle, la scène, le nom du couturier, la date). Elle accessoirise la tenue avec des boucles d'oreilles (de couleur vert émeraudes foncées telles qu'on les découvre dans le film), un collier et un bracelet au poignet gauche (qui sont de même couleur que les boucles d'oreilles). Elle porte des sandales noires croisées et ouvertes aux pieds.
Puis, le 17 décembre 1952, elle prend la pose à côté du couturier Travilla (qui tient dans sa main l'esquisse de la tenue) et qui réajuste le maillot. La coiffure de Marilyn est plus fluide, et elle porte les mêmes accessoires, excepté le bracelet remplacé par une bague à la main gauche.
C'est une tenue qui se veut décontractée tout en restant chic: Marilyn la porte dans une scène où son personnage, Lorelei, une chanteuse de Music Hall qui embarque sur un paquebot avec sa partenaire Dorothy (Jane Russell), se retrouve dans sa cabine en pleine discussion avec le riche (et imposteur) Piggy puis avec Dorothy. Les deux chanteuses ne sont pas en représentation et la scène les représente dans un moment de journée ordinaire (sur un paquebot certes, mais dans leur cabine). [> la scène du film sur le blog: voir les captures, les photos et sur le tournage ]. C'est pourquoi on retrouve le côté "casual" dans le top qui se veut court et malgré tout moulant, tout comme le pantalon qui retombe tout en fluidité sur les pieds; et le côté "chic" par les matières (jersey, velours) et la ceinture de soie. On retrouve les bijoux portés aux tests de costumes et il semblerait qu'il s'agisse d'une parure avec les mêmes pierres de même couleur: les boucles d'oreilles, le collier, le bracelet (au poignet gauche) et la bague (à la main droite).
Marilyn posera dans cette tenue pour une série de photographies sous l'objectif de John Florea, servant de clichés publicitaires au film; mais pour ces poses ironiques -où elle joue aux cartes avec des billets de banque- elle a changé les bijoux: elle a ôté le collier, le bracelet, la bague et porte de grandes boucles blanches pendantes aux oreilles:
Il semble indéniable que Travilla se soit fortement inspiré de cette tenue présentée dans le magazine américain Vogue de avril 1952 où dans les pages de mode, on voit cette mannequin portant une tenue similaire (le top est plus près du corps et moins fluide que celui de Marilyn, et le décolleté n'est pas croisé; le pantalon en velours et la ceinture semblent avoir été repris à l'identique. Tout comme l'idée des bijoux -différents que ceux portés par Marilyn, mais en nombre), le tout dans un esprit ethnique / bohème chic:
Jane Russell, la partenaire de Marilyn, portera le top vert dans la suite de "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" tournée en 1955 -"Gentlemen marry brunettes" ("Les hommes épousent les brunes") réalisé par Richard Sale- la ceinture est mauve et le pantalon est un corsaire noir satiné:
L'actrice Sheree North portera aussi à son tour l'ensemble :
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Marilyn Monroe et les caméras / Marilyn Monroe and the camera
Marilyn Monroe et les caméras
Auteur: Collectif (Lothar Schirmer / Georges Belmont)
Date de sortie: 1991
Broché 248 pages
Langue: français
Éditeur: Schirmer Mosel / France-Loisirs
Prix éditeur: (en 1991: 196 francs),
d'occasion dès 15 Euros
ISBN 10: 3888145961
ISBN 13: 978-3888145964
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Description: Ce livre est dédié à la mémoire de Marilyn Monroe. Bien que l'histoire de Marilyn remonte maintenant à une trentaine d'années, le rayonnement de sa beauté et l'extravagance de son allure sont plus captivants, plus époustouflants que jamais. les illustrations de ce livre en sont la preuve même et donnent raison à postériori à Arthur Miller qui disait: "Le soleil semblait terne à côté de Marilyn" ou "elle était le reproche vivant à toute l'indifférence." Cet album contient 152 photographies réalisées par presque quarante photographes dans les années 1945 à 1962 et l"interview que Marilyn accorda à Georges Belmont en 1960.
Sommaire:
Remerciements
Préface de Jane Russell
Les photographes
Interview de Marilyn Monroe avec Georges Belmont
Planches
Biographie
Filmographie
Bibliographie
Sources iconographiques
Marilyn Monroe and the Camera
Author: (Georges Belmont)
Date de sortie: 1991 (re-édité en 2001)
Relié 248 pages
Langue: anglais
Éditeur: Schirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH
Prix éditeur: 46,55 Euros
ISBN-10: 3829603126
ISBN-13: 978-3829603126
Dimensions du produit: 33,2 x 23,9 x 2,9 cm
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Description: This book contains 152 photographs of Marilyn Monroe taken during her career from 1945 to 1962; and an interview with french journalist Georges Belmont given in 1960.
Mon Avis en Bref... 10/10
Je possède ce livre depuis que je suis enfant (je devais avoir 10 ans et il fut mon deuxième livre sur Marilyn) et honnêtement, il reste l'un de mes préférés, et sans doute l'un des livres de Marilyn que j'ai le plus consulté ! C'est avant tout un livre de photographies, reproduites dans une excellente qualité, beaucoup sont en pleine page (une photo par page, voir même en double page) et toutes sont légendées, apportant des informations sur le contexte photographique (nom du photographe, date, lieu, événement, lien avec la carrière et/ou vie de Marilyn), et le plus important, il n'y a aucune erreur de dates ni de faits. Les photographies reproduites concernent uniquement la carrière de Marilyn: dès l'année 1945 où elle fit ses premières photos professionnelles en tant que mannequin, jusqu'en 1962, les photos de Bert Stern; vous ne trouverez donc aucun cliché de sa vie privée ni de son enfance, pas de photos intimes ni de paparazzis, mais des photos prises en studio, sur les tournages de films, en public comme lors de conférence de presse etc...
Les autres avantages de ce livre sont d'abord, la reproduction de l'interview complète de Marilyn donnée à G. Belmont où elle parle d'elle-même, de sa vision de la vie, de son enfance; c'est l'une des interviews les plus touchantes qu'elle ait donné dans sa carrière. Ensuite, la biographie en fin de livre revient sur les moments clés de la vie de Marilyn par dates et événements importants. Enfin, la préface de Jane Russell, très attendrissante envers Marilyn qu'elle a connu jeune, avant qu'elle ne devienne star.
Donc, en résumé, je conseille vivement ce livre qui reste un incontournable: d'un côté, si vous n'êtes pas fan de Marilyn mais que vous l'appréciez, vous apprendrez à la connaître davantage grâce à ce livre; et d'un autre côté, je pense que tout fan de Marilyn se doit d'avoir ce livre dans sa bibliothèque.
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Apportez votre critique, votre avis ou votre note (/10)
Sondage: votre chanson préférée en duo avec Jane Russell ?
Quel est votre chanson préférée
de Marilyn Monroe et Jane Russell ?
Elles interprètent deux chanteuses dans le film
"Gentlemen prefer Blondes" ("Les Hommes préfèrent les blondes")
Quelle est votre chanson préférée interprétée en duo ?
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Lorelei -Marilyn- et Dorothy -Jane Russell- sont vêtues de robes rouges brillantes. |
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la deuxième séquence du film; |
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scène où les filles sont à une terrasse de café à Paris. |
'Hollywood Auction 62' 12/2013
Photographies
lot 47: Oversized Photograph of Marilyn Monroe in The Seven Year Itch
(TCF, 1955) Vintage original 9.75 x 12 in. gelatin silver glossy borderless photo print of Marilyn Monroe and Tom Ewell from The Seven Year Itch. The production photo exhibits some minor flaws from the negative and very minor corner bumping. In vintage very good condition.
Sold: $300 
lot 48: Collection of (7) Photos of Marilyn Monroe
(Various studios, 1957-1961)
Gelatin-silver glossy approx. 8 x 10 in. prints (7) all featuring Marilyn Monroe in (3) films:
The Prince and the Showgirl (Warner Bros., 1957) (1), Let’s Make Love (TCF, 1960) (5),
and The Misfits (United Artists, 1961) (1).
All are in very fine condition and (1) has descriptive studio snipes on verso
Sold: $350 
lot 128: Collection of (32) contact sheet Prints of Marilyn Monroe with Milton Berle and Maurice Chevalier and Marlene Dietrich by Milton h. Greene
(32) Silver gelatin glossy 8 x 10 in. contact sheet prints from 35mm negatives of Marilyn Monroe with Marlene Dietrich at
cocktail party announcing formation of MM Productions, Milton Berle for Mike Todd Circus at Madison Sq. Garden and at Friars’ Club Roast, and Maurice Chevalier for Look, dated 1/7/55, 3/15/55 and 9/30/55. Very good.
Estimate: $200 - $300
Sold: $3 250 
lot 129: Collection of (10) contact sheet Prints of Marilyn Monroe from Seven Year Itch and other sittings by Milton H Greene.
(10) Silver gelatin glossy 8 x 10 in. contact sheet prints from 35mm negatives of Marilyn Monroe from Seven Year Itch (20th Century-Fox, 1955), “Nude,” “Nightgown and Mink Stole,” “White Robe” and “Gypsy” sittings by Milton H. Greene, dated 9/2/53, 10/7/53, 9/13/54, 3/8/55 and 4/15/56. Very good.
Estimate: $200 - $300
Sold: $ 1 000 
lot 130: Collection of (8) contact sheet Prints of Marilyn Monroe from “balalaika” by Milton H Greene
(8) Silver gelatin glossy 8 x 10 in. contact sheet prints (2 double-weight) from 2.25
x 2.25 in. and 35mm negatives of Marilyn Monroe from “Balalaika” sitting by Milton
H. Greene, dated 9/2/53. Very good to Fine.
Estimate: $300 - $500
Sold: $ 1 200 
lot 131: Collection of (8) contact sheet Prints of Marilyn Monroe from “ballerina” by Milton H Greene
(8) Silver gelatin glossy 8 x 10 in. contact sheet prints (1 double-weight) from 2.25 x 2.25 in. negatives of Marilyn Monroe from “Nightgown and Mink Stole” “Ballerina” and “White Robe” sittings by Milton H. Greene, dated 10/7/53, 10/6/54 and 3/8/55. Very good.
Estimate: $300 - $500
Sold: $ 1 600 
lot 132: Collection of (14) contact sheet Prints of Marilyn Monroe with Marlon Brando Edward R. Murrow by Milton H Greene
(14) Silver gelatin glossy 8 x 10 in. contact sheet prints from 2.25 x 2.25 in. and 35mm negatives of Marilyn Monroe
with Marlon Brando for Actor’s Studio Benefit for Muscular Dystrophy and Edward R. Murrow for Person to Person by Milton H. Greene, dated 4/1/55 and 12/12/55. Very good.
Estimate: $200 - $300
Sold: $ 1 600 
lot 133: Collection of (17) Proof Prints of Marilyn Monroe from Bus Stop by Milton H. Greene (20th Century-Fox, 1956)
(17) Silver gelatin glossy 8 x 10 in. proof prints (1 double-weight) of Marilyn Monroe from Bus Stop by Milton H. Greene, dated 1/1/56. Fine.
Estimate: $200 - $30
Sold: $ 2 750 
lot 134: Collection of (98) Proof Prints of Marilyn Monroe from Bus Stop by Milton H. Greene (20th Century-Fox, 1956)
(98) Silver gelatin glossy 4 x 5 in. proof prints of Marilyn Monroe from Bus Stop by Milton H. Greene, dated 5/16/56. Good to Fine; with missing corners to some.
Estimate: $300 - $500
Sold: $ 1 900 
lot 135: Collection of (33) Proof Prints of Marilyn Monroe from Bus Stop by Milton H. Greene (20th Century-Fox, 1956)
(33) Silver gelatin glossy 8 x 10 in. contact sheet prints from 2.25 x 2.25 in. (4) and 35mm negatives of Marilyn Monroe from Bus Stop by Milton H. Greene, dated 5/16/56. Very good.
Estimate: $200 - $300
Sold: $ 900 
lot 136: Collection of (9) contact sheet Prints of Marilyn Monroe from The Prince and the Showgirl by Milton H. Greene
(Warner Bros., 1957)
(9) Silver gelatin glossy 8 x 10 in. contact sheet prints from 2.25 x 2.25 in. negatives of Marilyn
Monroe from The Prince and the Showgirl
by Milton H. Greene, dated 6/26/56. Very good.
Estimate: $200 - $300
Sold: $ 700 
lot 137: Collection of (33) contact sheet Prints of Marilyn Monroe with Lawrence Olivier, Vivien Leigh and Arthur Miller from the Prince and the Showgirl, by Milton H Greene (Warner Bros., 1957)
(33) Silver gelatin glossy 4 x 5 in.
contact sheet prints of Marilyn Monroe with Lawrence Olivier, Vivien Leigh and Arthur Miller at press reception at Heathrow for
The Prince and the Showgirl by Milton H. Greene, dated 7/56. Very good to Fine.
Estimate: $200 - $300
Sold: $ 1 400 
lot 138: Collection of (170) contact Prints of Marilyn Monroe with Lawrence Olivier, Vivien Leigh and Arthur Miller from the Prince and the Showgirl, by Milton H Greene (Warner Bros., 1957)
(170) Silver gelatin glossy 2.25 x 2.25 in. contact prints of Marilyn Monroe with Lawrence Olivier, Vivien Leigh and
Arthur Miller at press reception at Heathrow for The Prince and the Showgirl
by Milton H. Greene, dated 7/56. Very good.
Estimate: $200 - $300
Sold: $ 1 100 
lot 139: Collection of (17) contact sheet Prints of Marilyn Monroe with Lawrence Olivier from The Prince and the Showgirl by Milton H. Greene (Warner Bros., 1957)
(17) Silver gelatin glossy 8 x 10 in. proof prints (5) and contact sheet prints from 2.25 x 2.25 in. negatives of Marilyn
Monroe with Lawrence Olivier at press reception for The Prince and the Showgirl by Milton H. Greene, dated 7/56. Very
good.
Estimate: $200 - $300
Sold: $ 1 500 
Lot 140: Collection of (15) contact sheet Prints of Marilyn Monroe and Lawrence Olivier with Terence Rattigan from The Prince and the Showgirl by Milton H. Greene (Warner Bros.,1957)
(15) Silver gelatin glossy 8 x 10 in. contact sheet prints from 2.25 x 2.25 in. negatives of Marilyn Monroe and Lawrence Olivier with
Terence Rattigan in publicity sitting for The Prince and the Showgirl by Milton H. Greene, dated 7/56; with
photographer rubber stamp on verso. Very good.
Estimate: $200 - $300
Sold: $ 2 750 
Lot 141: Collection of (496) contact Prints of Marilyn Monroe from The Prince and the Showgirl by Milton H. Greene
(Warner Bros., 1957)
(496) Silver gelatin glossy contact prints including (164) 2.25 x 2.25 in. and (332) 35mm negatives of Marilyn Monroe for The Prince and the Showgirl by Milton H. Greene, dated 6/28/56; with photographer rubber stamp on verso. Very good.
Estimate: $200 - $300
Sold: $ 3 750 
Lot 142: Collection of (14) camera negatives of Marilyn Monroe from The Prince and the Showgirl by Milton H. Greene
(Warner Bros., 1957)
(14) Black-and-white 2.25 x 2.25 in. camera negatives (3 with contact print) of Marilyn Monroe from The Prince and the Showgirl
by Milton H. Greene, dated 11/29/73. Very fine.
Estimate: $200 - $300
Sold: $ 1 100 
Lot 161: Travilla “subway dress” costume design for The Seven Year Itch. (TCF, 1955)
In this landmark film from the mid-1950s, Tom Ewell reprises his Broadway role as a husband whose wife goes on a brief vacation with their children. He remains behind in New York on business, alone for the first time in seven years of marriage, and begins fantasizing about a model who has sublet the apartment above. Marilyn Monroe plays The Girl with her characteristic mix of innocence and sexual allure. The Seven Year Itch storyline, unlike some of Monroe’s earlier films, held forth no promise as a costume showcase. It was not a period piece and she had no dance routines. Still, this was to become the vehicle for Travilla’s most famous dress design. It was a deceptively simple dress, classic but sexy, and it was meant to make Monroe look cool on the hot, sticky sidewalks of New York. “I’m going to have my precious baby standing over a grate,” Travilla remembered. “I wanted her to look fresh
and clean. So I wondered what could I do with this most beautiful girl that Marilyn was to play to make her look clean, talcum-powdered and adorable,” Travilla mused. “What would I give her to wear that would blow in the breeze and be fun and pretty? I knew there would be a wind blowing so that would require a skirt.” In his trademark painterly style, Travilla then drew his visualization of what would become the most famous garment in Hollywood history – a white crepe bias-cut dress with a halter-top and sunburst pleated skirt. Accomplished in gouache and ink on a 15 in. x 20 in. sheet of artist’s illustration board, the sketch features the now-famous skirt billowing around her waist, in the scene that would electrify audiences all over the world and reportedly bring an abrupt end to Marilyn’s celebrated marriage to slugger Joe Dimaggio.
Giving the actress a broad smile, Travilla positioned her left arm delicately across her body, while her hand holds up the skirt in a playful tease. The sketch is signed boldly at the lower right of the image in black ink, “Travilla”, with notation at the upper right corner in dark graphite, “7 Year Itch – Wind Scene at Subway”. When she stood over the subway grate and a blast of air caused her pleated skirt to swirl above her waist, Monroe made Hollywood history. Travilla’s contribution was almost forgotten, although he often mused in private about the fame of The Dress. “Here’s how famous it was,” he said. “We were traveling in London to promote the Littlewoods catalog in the 1970s, and my copy of the dress was on display along with millions of dollars in jewelry.” There was a break-in at the show, but the only item stolen was The Dress (which was later anonymously returned). This sketch perfectly embodies the many competing themes of American life during the conservative 1950s, all of which seemed to converge in this film and in this dress at the very moment Marilyn paused over the Subway grate: the responsibilities of modern life as represented by Tom Ewell’s character, the growing independence of American women, and the changing attitude of the country towards
sex and desire, which would culminate in the sexual revolution of the 1960s just a few years away. The crown jewel of Travilla’s Lost Collection, this sketch is not only a wonderful piece of Hollywood history, but an important snapshot of American popular culture from the apex of Marilyn Monroe’s meteoric film career. Provenance: Profiles in History Auction 20, Lot 114.
Estimate: $60,000 - $80,000
Sold: $ 80 000 
Lot 226: Marilyn Monroe hand–signed and inscribed photograph.
Vintage 8 in. x 10 in., black & white, gelatin silver photo of the sex symbol in a low-cut, clinging blouse. Inscribed in blue ink on the image, “To Lou, When you come back – come around, Marilyn Monroe”. With chipped, upper right hand corner. Pinholes in corners and minor creasing not affecting image or signature. In good condition.
Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000
Sold: $19 000 
Lot 227: Original Marilyn Monroe anniversary Playboy cover artwork by Victoria Fuller, signed by Hugh Hefner.
Original commemorative Marilyn Monroe Playboy magazine cover painting accomplished in oil paints and silkscreen on a 30 x 40 in. stretched canvas. A one of a kind collection of 11 paintings were created by artist Victoria Fuller in celebration of the 60th anniversary of Marilyn Monroe’s appearance in the first issue of Playboy in December, 1953. The art depicts the iconic cover of the first issue of Playboy. In addition to being a fine art painter, Fuller was one of Playboy’s most popular Playmates, and the most photographed ‘Bunnies’ in the magazine’s last 50. She is also the first and only artist to ever receive a licensing contract from Playboy allowing her to use the famous trademark Rabbit Head Playboy, and Bunny Costume as subjects of her paintings and limited addition prints. The piece is hand-signed by the artist and Playboy Magazine founder and American icon Hugh Hefner. In fine condition.
Estimate: $6,000 - $8,000
Sold: $ Pass 
Documents papiers
Lot 224: Marilyn Monroe contract for The Asphalt Jungle. (MGM, 1950)
1-page, printed, typed contract on approx. 21 x 8.5 paper, signed, “Marilyn Monroe” dated 29 November 1949. In John Huston’s The Asphalt Jungle, an unknown actress named Marilyn Monroe in her early breakthrough roll as “Angela Finlay”, a small but important roll in this film noir classic. This oversize “Screen Actors Guild Minimum Contract for Freelance Players” outlines the terms of Monroe’s employment on the film. The contract states that Monroe will play the role of “Angela” in the “photoplay” The Asphalt Jungle and be paid the sum of $300 for 1 week of work beginning on November 9th, 1949. The contract lists Monroe’s’ current address as, “1301 N. Harper Ave. Los Angeles, California” and her phone number, “Hampstead 9943”. The contract verso exhibits an additional amendment typed on 8 x 4 in. paper, tipped to the contract. Signed at the bottom of the page by MGM casting director “Fred A Datig” and below that, in black pen, “Marilyn Monroe”. Retaining original folds. In very good condition.
Estimate: $2,500 - $3,500
Sold: $ 4 750 
Lot 225: Marilyn Monroe’s personal title and service agreement to her 1950 Pontiac
Marilyn Monroe Pontiac sedan paperwork consisting of (3) documents, including: (1) 8.5 x 3.75 in. Beverly Motor Company, tri-folded, printed Pontiac Service Policy. With typed “Miss Marilyn Monroe / 1301 N. Harper Ave. / Los Angeles, CA”. Inside there are terms of ownership and two attached, perforated 1000 and 2000 mile service coupons also type to “Miss Marilyn Monroe” with other information filled in, dated July 1, 1950, (1) 7.25 x 3.25 in folded printed warranty for the car’s Delco Battery. Type written to Miss Marilyn Monroe and with other technical information, dated July 1, 1950 and (1) State of California DMV “pink slip” certificate of ownership printed to “Monroe Marilyn / 1301 N Harper AV / Los Angeles” including vehicle engine number, make, model, total fees ($24.00) and Monroe’s license number, “19B29921”. All documents in fine condition.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
sold: $ 1 400 
Objets Divers
Lot 231: Warner Bros. commemorative key. (c. 1950s)
10 x 3.75 in. brass key to Warner Brothers Studios. The key’s bow is shield-shaped and features the raised “WB” letters synonymous with the studio. One side of the key blade reads, in raised letters, “Welcome to Warner Bros. Studios” and the reverse side, “The Largest in the World”. In vintage very fine condition.
Estimate: $1,000 - $1,500
Sold: $2 500 
Lot 764: Jane Russell extremely limited #1 of an intended run of up to 4 hand and footprint impressions from the Chinese Theatre.
The glitter and glamour of Hollywood continue to attract visitors from all over the world, and there is no monument to Hollywood that is more glamorous or iconic than TCL Chinese Theatre. The forecourt of the theatre remains a must-see spot for tourists and the star-struck to see how they fill the shoes of their favorite stars by placing their own feet in the celebrity footprints that mosaic the courtyard. This is a replica of the hand and footprint square of Jane Russell created from the original concrete impression at the Chinese Theatre when she placed her hand and footprints in the cement along with Marilyn Monroe for the west coast premiere of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Rumor has it that Both Jane and Marilyn wanted to make more than just hand and foot print impressions in the forecourt and that they actually wanted to imprint the physical attributes that they were both known for. Theatre management turned down this request though as it would have been considered too risqué. Measuring 37.25 x 41 in. Inscribed, “Jane Russell 6 26 53” and then “Gentleman” as the beginning of the Gentlemen Prefer Blondes title which begins on her square and ends on Monroe’s. The impression is made out of a synthetic casting compound to produce the real look and feel of concrete and does include natural materials that are found in cement. However, this is sensitive to heat and like all valuable art, it should not be kept in high heat or be displayed in the exterior direct heat/sunlight. This piece is the first of an extremely limited intended run of up to four impressions. No rights to the Jane Russell name, signature or imprint are transferred to the buyer with this sale. Special shipping arrangements will apply.
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Sold: $4,000 
Lot 765: Marilyn Monroe extremely limited #1 of an intended run of up to 4 hand and footprint impressions from the Chinese Theatre.
The glitter and glamour of Hollywood continue to attract visitors from all over the world, and there is no monument to Hollywood that is more glamorous or iconic than TCL Chinese Theatre. The forecourt of the theatre remains a must-see spot for tourists and the star-struck to see how they fill the shoes of their favorite stars by placing their own feet in the celebrity footprints that mosaic the courtyard. This is a replica of the hand and footprint square of Marilyn Monroe created from the original concrete impression at the Chinese Theatre which is, by far, the most photographed imprint square in the TCL Chinese Theatre forecourt, honored with the opening of her film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. She originally wanted them to dot the “I” in her name with a diamond, but theatre management suggested that someone would steal the diamond and suggested an earring be placed instead. A short time later someone over night came along and attempted to steal the earring. The top broke off, but the back remains firmly implanted in the cement to this day. 42.5 x 42.25 in. Inscribed, “Marilyn Monroe” and then “Prefer Blondes” as half of the Gentlemen Prefer Blondes title started on Jane Russell’s square and finished on Monroe’s. Marilyn’s “I” is dotted by a faux diamond imbedded in the square. The impression is made out of a synthetic casting compound to produce the real look and feel of concrete and does include natural materials that are found in cement. However, this is sensitive to heat and like all valuable art, it should not be kept in high heat or be displayed in the exterior direct heat/sunlight. This piece is the first of an extremely limited intended run of up to four impressions. No rights to the Marilyn Monroe name, signature or imprint are transferred to the buyer with this sale. Special shipping arrangements will apply.
Estimate: $4,000 - $6,000
Sold: $7 500 
Vêtements
lot 701: Marilyn Monroe “Pola Debevoise” black felt hat from How to Marry a Millionaire. (TCF, 1953)
Black felt hat with soft ruffle brim and simple bow. Bodies by Lee yellow stamp. Internal bias label handwritten “1-39-1-4691 A-705-54 M. MONROE”. Created by Travilla for Marilyn Monroe as “Pola Debevoise” in How to Marry a Millionaire but not in the final version of the film. Lot includes a wardrobe test photo showing Monroe wearing the hat. This hat was originally created for the scene with David Wayne on the plane but was replaced with a simple beret.
Estimate: $15,000 - $20,000
Sold: $15, 000 
