What techniques made Marilyn Monroe a style icon?

Marilyn Monroe managed to look attractive even in a potato sack! To prove this fact to the public, she once decided to do a photo shoot in a dress made of rough burlap. However, in most cases, the diva still preferred completely different outfits. Those that best emphasized the features of her appearance.

How Marilyn Monroe dressed to be a style icon

There is a lot to learn from Marilyn Monroe when it comes to choosing bows. Let's see what, how and with what this style icon preferred to wear.

Everyday look of a star

It is best to judge the taste of this amazing woman by what she wore every day. At the film set, Marilyn presented outfits created by stylists and fashion designers. In everyday life, she chose her outfits herself. And she chose perfectly, we must give her credit.

Red dress

Her “standard” figure did not seem so flawless to the beauty herself. Marilyn wanted to be thinner. In order to visually reduce the waist, I wore things with a belt located almost under the chest, wide light skirts New Look stylistics. Or vice versa, Tight-fitting knee-length hemlines that visually increase height. These were her favorite dresses, the main component of her wardrobe.

Marilyn Monroe paid a lot of attention to the selection of accessories.

It is unlikely that you will want to wear in everyday life, following the example of this famous beauty, mid-forearm gloves. But you can wear it catchy large earrings to match the dress, wide-brimmed hat, wide belt that contrasts with the outfit.

in the suit business

Marilyn's home style

When there was no need to impress the public, a woman preferred the simplest things possible: plain sweaters, turtlenecks, pencil skirts. And of course, white men's shirts. The beauty tied them under her breasts in a knot or wore them tucked in, always with high-waisted trousers or skirts.

marilyn monroe at home

But even these not too pretentious outfits were chosen wisely. They always looked stylish. The reason is still the same - Every element of the wardrobe perfectly represented the features of the figure. divas. They fitted what needed to be fitted, visually increased height, and hid the belly.

A typical Marilyn style is very tight clothing that emphasizes her bust and hips.

To avoid vulgarity, this beauty preferred clothes exclusively from thin noble fabrics of black, beige, white shades.

in trousers

Evening looks

Marilyn Monroe's greatest fame came, of course, from her evening looks. They are the first thing that comes to mind in response to the question of how this diva dressed.

Let's try to remember a few of the most famous images. And let’s analyze what’s so wonderful about them that they are still considered a reference.

Happy Birthday, Mr. President

naked dress

This is the name of the dress in which Marilyn came out and sang congratulations to John Kennedy. Another name for the model is “naked dress”.

This is a skin-tight, flesh-colored outfit covered in sequins. He attracted people's attention with his frankness. Marilyn looked naked in it.

We do not encourage you to wear the same outfit. When Marilyn allowed herself to go on stage in a “naked” dress, she won the admiration of the public for her courage. Everyone who did this after her remained in the eyes of people only faceless imitators.

Advice. Try to follow the example of the legendary Monroe don’t be afraid to shock others sometimes. Allow yourself something new, bold, bright.

Flying light dress

This image has become a kind of business card women. She appeared in it in a cameo role in the film “The Seven Year Itch.”

flying dress

The dress has a wide pleated skirt just below the knee, a high waist, and a bust-emphasizing bodice. The main reason why it is so etched in people's minds is its provocativeness. Raised upward by a gust of wind, it allowed the audience to see a little more than decency allowed.

Important! Sometimes what matters is not how the dress looks. And the way you wear it, how you hold the hem, how you allow your knee to briefly flash in the neckline.

Pink off-shoulder sheath dress

pink dress

In it, Marilyn appeared in the film “Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.” A very impressive outfit, emphasizing the star’s figure and favorably presenting her advantages.

The dress fits tightly around the chest, has a matching belt, a narrow floor-length skirt and a voluminous bow at the hips. There is no strap.

Why did this dress make such a lasting impression on the audience? It looks incredible. It is not clear how such a structure can even hold up. And how did the actress manage to dance in it?

Advice. An original outfit - provided that it suits you - is always better than a banal one.

How did Marilyn Monroe dress? Boldly. Not afraid to shock. And also very carefully, thoughtfully, in order to best play out what nature gave her. And these principles do not become obsolete, you can also be guided by them.

Reviews and comments
AND Irbis:

What can I say, Merlin is a beauty with a sense of taste!!!! Fashion has nothing to do with it!! This is my rule!! If you have style and taste everything will be beautiful!!! Merlin also has elegance... well, this is already a physical quality))) As they say, if an undressed woman does not have elegance, then it is unlikely to appear when she gets dressed))

WITH Sasha:

In the photo in a pink dress - not Marilyn. At least check before posting.

Svetlana:

There was no successful photograph where one could see this image of the real Marilyn from the film. Therefore, they took a photo of her double, who repeated the image of the star in detail. The image still belongs to Monroe. It's about style, not the authenticity of the photos.

TO Catherine:

It's not Marilyn, but Jane Mansfield, in a pink dress, can't you see the difference?

Svetlana:

The image under discussion belongs to M. Monroe. And this is not Jayne Mansfield, much less Mansfield, but Monroe’s double.

WITH Sasha:

Marilyn had a different dress: there were no longitudinal darts on the front, it did not sit so tight at the top. Therefore, the image was copied, of course, not in detail, but in general, very “based on”) Below they wrote that this is Mansfield - this is also a mistake: the girl in the dress looks even less like Jane than MM)

N N_n:

she didn't repeat it, the original dress looks completely different

M Men:

The Seven Year Itch - Munroe has a leading role, not a cameo

E Elena:

Wearing Susie Kennedy's pink dress. British actress, Monroe's double.

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