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  • Marilyn Monroe as Chérie wearing a green satin leotard decorated with black sequins and gold fringe trim in the 1956 film "Bus Stop."
    • Twentieth Century Studios

    Bus Stop

    1956

    Costume seen on Marilyn Monroe as Chérie

  • Leslie Caron as Ann Garantier wearing a jade green satin leotard decorated with black sequins and gold fringe trim in the 1959 film "The Man Who Understood Women."
    • Twentieth Century Studios

    The Man Who Understood Women

    1959

    Costume seen on Leslie Caron as Ann Garantier

  • Jane Kerin wearing a satin leotard decorated with sequins and fringe trim in a 1972 promotional photo for Christie's Auction House.

    Christie's Promotional Photo

    1972

    Costume seen on Jane Kerin

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This iconic costume was designed by Travilla for Marilyn Monroe to wear as Chérie in the 1956 film Bus Stop. Christie’s described the costume as:

A jade green embellished satin leotard…black netting overlay to a nude wire brassiere, jet-like sequins in a fish scale pattern, scalloped gold bullion fringe trimmed with topaz-colored faceted glass. A bias label inscribed “Marilyn Monroe” and a 20th Century label inscribed “A-769-03” are present. Post-production alterations are present. 

As Christie’s noted, alterations are present on the costume, which generally indicates that the costume went on to be used again. In this case, we know that Leslie Caron wore it as Ann Garantier in the 1959 film The Man Who Understood Women. In 1972 Christie’s employee Jane Kerin wore the costume for a promotional photo, though records show it wasn’t sold by Christie’s until 1989.

The outfit eventually went up for auction again via Profiles in History (now Julien’s Auctions) in 2016 for $100,000.

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This iconic costume was designed by Travilla for Marilyn Monroe to wear as Chérie in the 1956 film Bus Stop. Christie’s described the costume as:

A jade green embellished satin leotard…black netting overlay to a nude wire brassiere, jet-like sequins in a fish scale pattern, scalloped gold bullion fringe trimmed with topaz-colored faceted glass. A bias label inscribed “Marilyn Monroe” and a 20th Century label inscribed “A-769-03” are present. Post-production alterations are present. 

As Christie’s noted, alterations are present on the costume, which generally indicates that the costume went on to be used again. In this case, we know that Leslie Caron wore it as Ann Garantier in the 1959 film The Man Who Understood Women. In 1972 Christie’s employee Jane Kerin wore the costume for a promotional photo, though records show it wasn’t sold by Christie’s until 1989.

The outfit eventually went up for auction again via Profiles in History (now Julien’s Auctions) in 2016 for $100,000.

Share this piece of costume history here!

This iconic costume was designed by Travilla for Marilyn Monroe to wear as Chérie in the 1956 film Bus Stop. Christie’s described the costume as:

A jade green embellished satin leotard…black netting overlay to a nude wire brassiere, jet-like sequins in a fish scale pattern, scalloped gold bullion fringe trimmed with topaz-colored faceted glass. A bias label inscribed “Marilyn Monroe” and a 20th Century label inscribed “A-769-03” are present. Post-production alterations are present. 

As Christie’s noted, alterations are present on the costume, which generally indicates that the costume went on to be used again. In this case, we know that Leslie Caron wore it as Ann Garantier in the 1959 film The Man Who Understood Women. In 1972 Christie’s employee Jane Kerin wore the costume for a promotional photo, though records show it wasn’t sold by Christie’s until 1989.

The outfit eventually went up for auction again via Profiles in History (now Julien’s Auctions) in 2016 for $100,000.

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  • Michael
  • Katie S.
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  • William Travilla

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