#Dorothy Jeakins

[costumeloverz71]

Baroness Elsa von Schraeder (Eleanor Parker) Ballgown.. The Sound Of Music (1965).. Costume by Dorothy Jeakins.

[cressida-jayoungr]

One Dress a Day Challenge

November: Oscar winners

Samson and Delilah / Hedy Lamarr as Delilah

Year: 1950

Designers: Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele and Gwen Wakeling

I've meant to revisit this spectacular dress ever since it first featured in Coeli's picks, and since today was Hedy Lamarr's birthday, this seems an appropriate time. Delilah wears a jaw-dropping array of costumes in this film, each one more sumptuous than the last. Just when you think they couldn't possibly top the last one, she shows up for the finale in this peacock gown!

The cape is lavishly adorned with real feathers. Legend says they were "donated" by the peacocks owned by Paramount Studios!

The costume was part of Debbie Reynolds' collection, and it has survived in remarkably good condition.

[abwwia]

Dorothy Jeakins, Mandril, 1937, lithograph, 9 3⁄4 x 11 in. (24.8x 27.9 cm), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Transfer from D.C. Public Library, 1967.72.122

[mistressvera]

Samson and Delilah (1949) costume appreciation: 1/∞

costume design by Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele, Gwen Wakeling

Period dramas | costume appreciation: 6/∞

[ediths-shades]

Costumes in The Music Man (1962) [1/4].

Costume design by Dorothy Jeakins

requested by anonymous

[delux2222]

"I can put my world down to two words: Make beauty. It's my cue and my private passion." Happy Birthday, Dorothy Jeakins (1914-1995) Hedy Lamarr in a beautiful peacock feathered costume from "Sampson and Delilah", 1949, for which Jeakins won her first Oscar for Costume Design.

[thecinamonroe]

Marilyn Monroe during wardrobe tests for “Niagara”, May 25, 1952.

[sesiondemadrugada]

The Children's Hour (William Wyler, 1961).

[infinitemarilynmonroe]

By any chance do you know if Marilyn and Jane Russle (the day they signed their names and made their footprints in cement at Grauman's Chinese Theater) PLANNED ahead of time to both wear polka dot dresses, or was it by accident and they didnt know until they showed up!!

I’ve always wondered this myself, so I’m not 100% sure.

I thought I might find the answer in the book “Marilyn in Fashion” (really great book btw) but all I really found was that Marilyn’s dress was designed by Dorothy Jeakins and that Jane’s likely was as well. With that information, I would assume it was planned cause that’s just too many coincidences in my opinion.

[costumeloverz71]

Eulalie Mackechnie Shinn (Hermione Gingold) Brown striped suit.. The Music Man (1962).. Costume by Dorothy Jeakins.

[dozydawn]

Costume sketch by Dorothy Jeakins for Olivia de Havilland in My Cousin Rachel (1952).

[paralleljulieverse]

Julie Andrews adjusts her bonnet on the set of Hawaii (George Roy Hill, UA, 1966) under the fascinated eye of a young extra.

Makua Bay, Oahu, Hawaii, August 1965. Photograph by Al St Hilaire 

[mistressvera]

Samson and Delilah (1949) costume appreciation: 2/∞

costume design by Edith Head, Dorothy Jeakins, Elois Jenssen, Gile Steele, Gwen Wakeling

Period dramas | costume appreciation: 8/∞

[allaboutjulie]

Fraulein Maria's wedding gown

[flurryheaven]

Oscar Flashback - Costume Design Nominations 1961 Black-And-White La Dolce Vita - Piero Gherardi (winner) The Children’s Hour - Dorothy Jeakins Yojimbo - Yoshirō Muraki Judgement at Nuremberg - Jean Louis Claudelle Inglish - Howard Shoup Color Flower Drum Song - Irene Sharaff Babes in Toyland - Bill Thomas Pocketful Of Miracles - Edith Head and Walter Plunkett West Side Story - Irene Sharaff (winner) Back Street - Jean Louis

[delux2222]

Happy Birthday, Dorothy Jeakins (1914-1995)

Costume design for Peter Pan

A multiple Oscar-award winning costume designer who created iconic looks in some of classic Hollywood movies. This includes more than a few costume dramas, and while the results may not hew strictly to a historical line, Jeakins illustrations show her strong historical research chops. She began her career studying fine art and working as an illustrator, only falling into costume design later. [FrockFlicks]