A Jean Louis costume design for Sandra Dee
A Jean Louis costume design for Sandra Dee
Pencil, ink, and gouache on illustration board, costume design for Sandra Dee, likely from the film If A Man Answers (Universal Pictures, 1962), depicting a tan A-line pencil dress with white tie belt, signed 'Jean Louis' in ink (lower right), annotated 'SD 119' and stamped with Jean Louis reproduction rights to verso, framed. 20 x 14 3/4 in.
If a Man Answers paired Sandra Dee with her then-husband and singing sensation Bobby Darin. Audiences were still trying to get used to Dee as a grown woman, having watched her playing teens in hit films such as Gidget (1959), the Tammy series of films, and other movies of the mid to late 1950s. Designer Jean Louis' modern, simple, and yet chic wardrobe designs for If a Man Answers contributed to the public's acceptance of Dee as a mature woman.
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A Jean Louis costume design for Sandra Dee
Pencil, ink, and gouache on illustration board, costume design for Sandra Dee, likely from the film If A Man Answers (Universal Pictures, 1962), depicting a tan A-line pencil dress with white tie belt, signed 'Jean Louis' in ink (lower right), annotated 'SD 119' and stamped with Jean Louis reproduction rights to verso, framed. 20 x 14 3/4 in.
If a Man Answers paired Sandra Dee with her then-husband and singing sensation Bobby Darin. Audiences were still trying to get used to Dee as a grown woman, having watched her playing teens in hit films such as Gidget (1959), the Tammy series of films, and other movies of the mid to late 1950s. Designer Jean Louis' modern, simple, and yet chic wardrobe designs for If a Man Answers contributed to the public's acceptance of Dee as a mature woman.
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