I've always been amazed at Rita Hayworth's rise to fame during the 1940s.
She was much like Marilyn Monroe.
Marilyn Monroe's pink dress
Marilyn Monroe wore a shocking pink dress in the 1953 film "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes", directed by Howard Hawks. The dress was created by costume designer William "Billy" Travilla and was used in one of the most famous scenes of the film, which subsequently became the subject of numerous imitations, significantly from Madonna in the music video for her song "Material Girl".
History.
When the costume designer William Travilla, known simply as Travilla, began working with Marilyn Monroe,
1960. His most famous works include Rita Hayworth's black satin strapless dress from "Gilda" (1946), Marlene Dietrich's celebrated beaded souffle stagewear for her cabaret world tours, as well as the sheer, sparkling gown that Marilyn Monroe wore when she sang "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" to John F. Kennedy in 1962.
The dress was so tight that he is believed to have actually sewn it while Monroe was wearing it. The idea of dresses being a nude color, with crystals coating it, stunned