Despite her megastardom, Marilyn Monroe didnt sweep award seasons during her Old Hollywood heyday.
This wasnt the first time Monroe wore a Norell original.
(She even wore himon her wedding dayto Arthur Miller in 1956.)
Marilyn Monroe at the Golden Globes in 1962
So, who was this mysterious talent?
Norell particularly enjoyed refining Monroes vampy, sexpot image.
Everything had to be skintight, Norell is quoted as saying inMarilyn in Manhattan.
Marilyn Monroe’s Norman Norell dress
You had to reinforce every seam or everything would break.
Itsold at a Christies auctionof her estate back in 1999, fetching a cool $96,000.
Her accessory: The actual Golden Globe Monroe won while wearing it.
A Norman Norell look from 1963
Kardashian, of course, wore the sheer ensemble up the ascending the Met steps.
And thats Marilyn Monroe, says Kardashian.
For me the most Marilyn Monroe moment is when she sang Happy Birthday, to JFK, it wasthatlook.
A Norman Norell look from 1971
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I saw this all as a sign the way that all of the stars aligned.
Thank you Heritage Auctions, Barbara Zweig and Jeff for helping to make this memory possible.
A lesson not to let the shimmer of a womans dress eclipse the wearer.
