More than 1,000 Marilyns gathered in downtown Palm Springs, California. I would guess that's about a Guinness Record. Yes. It is the largest gathering of people dressed as Marilyn Monroe. Previously, it was 254 in Australia. Notice it was people and not women. The picture is a tell-all.
I wonder if you might consider these look-alikes? All those white wigs, and all those white dresses.
This picture will never die. It will go on forever.
Back then dresses were "frocks." This one was actually ivory-coloured, considered a silly little dress by the designer, William Travilla. He didn't consider this dress as one of his great designs.
The Hollywood understory of the scene (besides Monroe wearing two pairs of underwear) is that Joe DiMaggio, her husband, disapproved of the scene and that later that night the couple got into an argument...ultimately resulting in their divorce. There were so many people watching the 14 takes, that the noise from the crowd made the footage unusable, and the scene was reshot in the Hollywood studios. These shots became publicity stills.
Where did that dress go? Debbie Reynolds purchased it in 1971, planning on a museum. That didn't happen. The dress was sold in 2011 for somewhere between $4 and $6 million. It is privately held, and has been occasionally loaned out to major institutions for display.
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