Fashion Spotlight: Jean Louis - popcorn and red wine

Thursday, April 27, 2017

Fashion Spotlight: Jean Louis


Best known as the designer of the barely there sequined dress Marilyn Monroe wore when singing "Happy Birthday" to President John F. Kennedy and Rita Hayworth's black dress in "Gilda", Jean Louis has been in the film industry for three decades. In 1957,  Louis won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design for The Solid Gold Cadillac. He married past-client and actress Loretta Young.

for Marilyn Monroe to wear
to JFK's Birthday
Gala, 1962

Gilda (1946)

Queen Bee (1955)

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