- Marilyn Monroes Iconic Happy Birthday Dress - Antique Trader
The dress was custom-made by renowned French fashion designer Jean Louis, who had worked with Monroe before and whose talents had earned him an Academy Award for Best Costume Design
- Marilyn Monroes Iconic Happy Birthday, Mr. President Dress
What’s most notable and remembered from JFK’s 45th birthday celebration is arguably Monroe’s performance and, more specifically, her dress Designed by Jean Louis after a sketch by Bob Mackie, the backless nude-colored dress featured more than 2,500 crystal rhinestones
- Jean Louis - Wikipedia
The dress was so tight that he is believed to have actually sewn it while Monroe was wearing it The idea of a dress being a nude color, with crystals coating it, stunned audiences
- HISTORIC DRESS WORN BY MARILYN MONROE WHEN SHE SANG HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO . . .
A Jean Louis designed illusion gown worn by Marilyn Monroe at Madison Square Garden in New York City on May 19, 1962, at a Democratic fundraiser and 45th birthday celebration for President John F Kennedy
- The dress Marilyn Monroe wore to sing “Happy Birthday, Mr. President . . .
The dress was exclusively designed for Monroe by the designer Jean Louis She paid $1,440 for it Born in France, Louis came to the U S and was a top talent, designing for the Duchess of Windsor and for Hollywood royalty such as for Rita Hayworth, creating the gown she wore in Gilda, and for Monroe
- Louis, Jean - Vintage Fashion Guild
Jean Louis retired from designing in 1988 It was Jean Louis who designed the infamous “Happy Birthday, Mr President” dress, worn by Marilyn Monroe in 1962 as she sang at JFK ’s birthday party
- Who Designed Marilyn MonroeS Happy Birthday Dress
Marilyn Monroe's iconic "Happy Birthday, Mr President" dress, designed by Bob Mackie and French fashion designer Jean Louis, was a unique creation described as "a dress only Marilyn Monroe could wear "
- Fashion Spotlight: Jean Louis - popcorn and red wine
Best known as the designer of the barely there sequined dress Marilyn Monroe wore when singing "Happy Birthday" to President John F Kennedy and Rita Hayworth's black dress in "Gilda", Jean Louis has been in the film industry for three decades
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