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lizziebennet:

“I wanted to make the gown look enormous,” [designer Sandy Powell] says. “The gown had to look lovely when she dances and runs away from the ball. I wanted her to look like she was floating, like a watercolor painting.” To convey a weightless, flowing dress, the voluminous skirt was composed of more than a dozen fine layers of fabric that included crepeline silk, printed polyester, and iridescent nylon in different shades of blue and turquoise. Underneath those layers, James wore a corset and petticoat. In the end, nine versions of Cinderella’s ball gown were created, each featuring more than 270 yards of fabric and 10,000 Swarovski crystals. It took 18 tailors and 500 hours to complete per dress. (x)


“It needed to be big, but it needed to look like it was made of air — or nothing,” (x) “It’s made of several layers. All the top layers are the finest fabric. If you actually threw a piece of it up in the air, it just floats. They are all different colors. Together, it produces a blue, but if you look carefully, you can see blues and greens and lavenders and lilacs.” (x)


“[She] needed to stand out in the crowd but remain simple and pure, like her. It also needed to be big, yet light as a feather and move because she dances in it. It also had to look fabulous when she runs away: I wanted it chasing behind her as opposed to be dragged along.” (x)

duchessofhastings:

That was the summer of 1963 when everybody called me Baby and it didn’t occur to me to mind.  That was before President Kennedy was shot, before The Beatles came, when I couldn’t wait to join the Peace Corp. and I thought I’d never find a guy as great as my Dad.  

That was the summer we went to Kellerman’s.

Dirty Dancing (1987)