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William Travilla – American costume designer in films. He is perhaps best-known for dressing Marilyn Monroe. He first met Marilyn in 1950, when she asked if she could borrow his fitting room – he was one of several contract designers for Twentieth Century Fox – to try on a costume. They worked together on eight movies: Monkey Business (1952), Don’t Bother to Knock (1952), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1953), How to Marry a Millionaire (1953), There’s No Business Like Show Business (1954), River of No Return (1954), The Seven Year Itch (1955), and Bus Stop (1956).

‘She was the most complex, incredible, magnificent woman. She was the love of my life that girl.’ William Travilla

In 1953, Travilla created one of the most iconic costumes in all of film. It was a snow white cocktail dress Marilyn wore in the film The Seven Year Itch. She is wearing it as she stands on a New York subway ventilation grate and the dress raises up around her as a train passes below ground.

He was her favorite designer. Marilyn autographed a nude calendar for Travilla with the words, ‘Billy Dear, please dress me forever. I love you, Marilyn.’

 

More info and pics:

• The Travilla Tour
• Dressing Marilyn: How a Hollywood Icon Was Styled by William Travilla – books by By Andrew Hansford, Karen Homer

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For more information about this Hollywood fashion designer and some look at dresses for other actress besides Marilyn, please visit this webpage:

Hollywood History: William Travilla » My Little Boudoir

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While the subject of the monthly Hollywood History lesson on My Little Boudoir is typically an actress, this month the lesson will be much different (but not too far away from the roots of My Little Boudoir). Meet William Travilla.

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Of course, designing costumes for the movies meant more than dressing beautiful females, Willam Travlilla won an Oscar for the costumes in Robin Hood (Errol Flynn), find out more about his Travilla’s career at this site:
William Travilla — Frankel's Costume

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Often fashion icons reach such a pinnacle of success, such heights of importance, that their name embodies a certain mystique or outfit that becomes synonymous with their vision of dress. Such an icon is William Travilla, …

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Mr. Travilla met many movie stars, including Sharon Tate. Read what he had to say about this actress here:
Happy Birthday Sharon "I felt that way about – Travilla Style

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And she could act, too. Both Mark Robson, the director and I had tears in our eyes, as we watched the rushes of one of her scenes. She was a hard worker. Yes — Sharon could have been a big star." William Travilla – August …

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1952 – 1962 , William reported : ‘With one little twist of her derriere, Marilyn Monroe stole the show… The assembled guests broke into wild applause, [while] two other screen stars, Joan Crawford and Lana Turner, got only casual attention. After M…

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