This piece is an excellent example of how costume designers are frequently required to create duplicates of their costumes. The number of copies needed for a costume can vary depending on how often the piece appears in the production, if additional costumes are needed for stunt doubles, or if the outfit has to undergo any changes, such as getting wet. It is also safe to have a spare costume around in the event that something were to happen to it. This ensures that production won’t halt if a costume needs to be cleaned or mended. One famous example of a costume being heavily duplicated is Scarlett O’Hara’s paisley gown, which required up to seventeen versions in varying states of disrepair. This green sweater set with polka-dot collar and cuffs was designed by Edith Head for Alfred Hitchcock’s 1958 film 𝑽𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒈𝒐, in which it was worn by Kim Novak as Judy Barton. The costume likely went back into the Paramount studio’s stock and eventually was purchased through an online auction by film costume collector Larry McQueen of The Collection of Motion Picture Costume Design. He noted of the piece: 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒂𝒔 𝒔𝒖𝒓𝒑𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒍𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒑𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒆, 𝒘𝒉𝒊𝒄𝒉 𝒊𝒔 𝒏𝒐𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒖𝒔𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒆 𝒘𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒑𝒊𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒎𝒆 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒆𝒏 𝒔𝒆𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒅. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒎𝒆 𝒄𝒂𝒎𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒘𝒐 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒔 (𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒄𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒄𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒔), 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒓𝒕, 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒕, 𝒂 𝒑𝒐𝒍𝒌𝒂-𝒅𝒐𝒕 𝒔𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒇 (𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒕), 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒂 𝒑𝒂𝒊𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒑𝒖𝒎𝒑𝒔. 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒘𝒆𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 “𝑵𝒐𝒗𝒂𝒌,” 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒖𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒖𝒇𝒇𝒔 𝒉𝒂𝒅 𝒂 𝒔𝒎𝒂𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒊𝒂𝒔 𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒆𝒍 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 “𝑪𝒊𝒏𝒅𝒚.” McQueen did a bit more digging to determine who “Cindy” might be. He considered productions that would have been produced by Paramount that were set in the 50s. Eventually, he discovered that the piece was worn by Cindy Williams as Shirley Feeney in 𝑳𝒂𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒆 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒉𝒊𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒚. The sweater is seen in the 1976 episode 𝑭𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑺𝒖𝒅𝒔 𝒕𝒐 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒅𝒐𝒎. The cuffs were removed for usage.



























