Marilyn Monroe, fashion icon

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· 17 Feb 2022

Marilyn Monroe, fashion icon

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After going through a complicated childhood and trying to pursue a marriage that would give her stability in her life, Norma Jeane Baker began a modeling career that would later turn her into an actress. Eventually, she agreed to change her name to Marilyn Monroe and change her look, giving way to the birth of one of the most important stars in the film industry.

Her face and hair are the items that best define her. To become the biggest success in the film industry, she agreed to cut her hair and dye it platinum blonde, in this way she put together that hairstyle with curlers that went down in history and even today women want to imitate. Her roguish and angelic face and the sexy mole she had on her cheek made her one of the most desired women by men in the whole world.

He also spoke when he declared that he used nothing more than a few drops of Chanel Nº5 perfume to sleep. Undoubtedly, with this saying full of sensuality, Marilyn helped the perfume sales skyrocket and forever strengthened her relationship with the French firm.

One of Marilyn's most famous films was “Gentlemen prefer blondes”, in which she plays a singer and dancer who does the musical number Diamonds are the best of women. For this part of the film, she used a bubblegum pink satin dress designed by Travilla that has a large bow on the back, is strapless to show off the large necklace and hoops that she has and is complemented by long gloves that allow the bracelets and jewelry she wore to show off the song.

Another dress she made history with was the white dress she wore in “The Itch of the Seventh Year” (1961) left its mark on the fashion world. To the flared skirt cut on the bias and the girdle that belts the waist, were added two straps that cover the bust and join behind the neck, which gave rise to a neckline and dress model, the Marilyn. The scene in which the actress appears standing on the ventilation grille of the New York subway holding the skirt that is blown off, went around the world several times and is still on the road.

Marilyn participated in a memorable party, the 45th birthday of then-US President John F Kennedy that was held at Madison Square Garden. With his sensual and velvety voice he sang the famous “Happy Birthday MrPresident” with which he dazzled the audience and went down in history. For the event, Marilyn wore a leather-colored silk Jean Louis dress, fitted to the body, encrusted with crystals that from afar seemed transparent.

Emilio Pucci became Marilyn's favorite clothing designer, especially because of the dresses full of color and energy that he designed for her. Among them is an aqua green dress that was her favorite, to the point that she was buried with this dress on.

Marilyn's image was so important that it was immortalized in the art world through a painting by Andy Warhol. This artist, following the laws of pop art, took it as a symbol of consumption of the time and made a picture with the multiple reproduction of an image of his face in different color combinations.