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stars-bean · 10 months

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My Fair Lady (1964) dir. George Cukor

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velvet4510 · 16 days

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Note: this list references the 1961 version of West Side Story and the 1954 version of A Star Is Born.

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alexisrosemullens · 2 months

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Audrey Hepburn as Eliza Doolittle

My Fair Lady (1964)

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seraphica · 5 months

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Playbills: A Broadway Poster Show

#theatre #broadway #playbill #art #musical theatre #cats #sweeney todd #les miserables #little shop of horrors #dreamgirls #the phantom of the opera #avenue q #a chorus line #my fair lady #grease #the secret garden

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ladybegood · 1 month

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Audrey Hepburn in a publicity photo for My Fair Lady (1964)

#audrey hepburn #my fair lady #vintage #old hollywood #ladybegoodscan

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rosepompadour · 1 year

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AUDREY HEPBURN + looking miserable in tiaras: A SERIES

#audrey hepburn #war and peace #my fair lady #roman holiday #breakfast at tiffany's #*#most of these are v. good reasons to cry (especially holly's) but ELIZA #you are crying over HENRY HIGGINS #a man who has LITERALLY ZERO redeeming qualities #miss doolittle #please miss doolittle #freddy is literally standing outside your window #!!!

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recycledmoviecostumes · 2 months

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This Edwardian-style gown was created for the Ascot scene in the original 1956 Broadway production of the Lerner and Loewe musical My Fair Lady. The scene was filled with beautiful gowns, all in black and white, in keeping with the famous “Black Ascot” of 1910, when King Edward VII died shortly before the event, making it inappropriate to wear color. Thus, those who attended wore all black, aside from accents of white from pearls and flowers.

The gown was designed by Cecil Beaton and executed by Helene Pons based on his sketches. The cream crepe dress has black velvet stripes and an embroidered lace bib. The photo above most likely shows actress Melisande Congdon in the costume, as she performed in the play for three years.

When Truman Capote decided to throw his famous “Black and White Ball,” – he used the scene from My Fair Lady as its inspiration. Deborah Davis’ wonderful book The Party of the Century mentions that much of the gossip about town was about “who” everyone would wear. Amanda Carter Burden, daughter of Babe Paley, was able to sidestep this conversation and not commit to any one designer when she chose a gown from the film My Fair Lady. A drawing of Amanda in costume, sketched by Kenneth Paul Block, appeared on the front page of Women’s Wear Daily.

But was her gown from the film adaptation of My Fair Lady? Amanda was based in New York City, and it would have been far easier for her to obtain one of the costumes from the Broadway show.

In addition, no costume in the film accurately matches the one she wore to the ball. There is one that is similar and clearly based on the same design, but it appears to be a different piece.

In 2015, the dress from the Broadway production went up for sale, where it sold for $1280. It contains a lace dickey that the auction house noted has been added post-production. The dickey is clearly visible on Amanda Carter in the Black and White Ball photo. While I cannot confirm for certain that she is wearing the dress from the stage production rather than the film production, I am confident that she is.

Costume Credit: Katie S.

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#my fair lady #truman capote #Melisande Congdon #cecil beaton #Amanda Carter Burden #black and white ball #costume drama #period drama

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pureanonofficial · 2 months

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