Edith Head designed this blue gown, accented with open vertical stitching, for Barbara Stanwyck to wear in the 1949 film 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒊𝒍𝒆 𝒐𝒏 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒍𝒎𝒂 𝑱𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒂𝒏. The piece was seen again a few years later in the 1952 film 𝑺𝒐𝒎𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒕𝒐 𝑳𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒓, where Teresa Wright wore it as Edna Miller. The costume went up for auction at Bonhams in 2019. The auction description describes the dress as follows: 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕 𝑷𝒊𝒄𝒕𝒖𝒓𝒆𝒔, 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟎. 𝑫𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒚 𝑬𝒅𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝑯𝒆𝒂𝒅. 𝑩𝒍𝒖𝒆-𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒚 𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒆𝒏 𝒄𝒂𝒑-𝒔𝒍𝒆𝒆𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒅𝒂𝒚 𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒔 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝒅𝒆𝒔𝒊𝒈𝒏 𝒐𝒇 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎-𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒊𝒕𝒄𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒐𝒑 𝒕𝒐 𝒃𝒐𝒕𝒕𝒐𝒎, 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒂 𝒇𝒍𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒔𝒌𝒊𝒓𝒕 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒃𝒖𝒊𝒍𝒕-𝒊𝒏 𝒄𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎-𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒆𝒅 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒕, 𝒃𝒆𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒂𝒏 𝒊𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒊𝒐𝒓 𝒃𝒍𝒖𝒆-𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒅 “𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒎𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕” 𝒍𝒂𝒃𝒆𝒍 𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒃𝒆𝒅, “𝑻𝒆𝒓𝒆𝒔𝒂 𝑾𝒓𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕” 𝒊𝒏 𝒃𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒌 𝒊𝒏𝒌. Look through more of Edith Head’s designs on our website Bit.ly/EdithReused
