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Whoa, that is one enormous dress

posted 17 years ago by leturtle
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O.O Either there's a wire frame under there or she's really fat.

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[–] 17 years ago

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Cewli Muley!!

must b pretty annoying to wear one during the making of the film though...unless debs got used to it..!!

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[–] little-miss-chocolate 17 years ago

Look at the trivia section - each weighed between 30 and 40 pounds, and she lost 12 pounds during filming through simply being too hot.

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[–] velcronewsletter 17 years ago

can you imagine what it was like for women in those days to go to asia and africa wearing these contraptions? they must have had a hell of a time

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[–] SomeKindOfGoddardLover 17 years ago

they probably melted as soon as they got off the darn plane poor things.its boiling there!

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[–] BadPuppy282 17 years ago

plane? LOL, I think you mean ship.

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[–] laxlon 14 years ago

You kidding? You couldn't get through the door of a plane in a dress like that!

[–] GGAmber 16 years ago

The DVD also mentioned that Deborah ended up with bruises all over her legs from the metal hoops during the filming of the dance scene.

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[–] dmnemaine 14 years ago

Deborah Kerr even referred to herself as "The Melting Miss Kerr" because of the costumes she wore.

[–] blnj25 17 years ago

I'm replying to this without even reading the other posts ..... you've got to be kidding and must get your thrills from asking stupid questions ..... of course it's a hoop skirt .... the story takes place in the 1860s and that's what they wore at fancy parties/balls .... if you didn't know that .... take a look at deborah kerr's upper body and waist ...her lower body would have been in proportion to her small waist.

[–] aquilablanco-1 17 years ago

Gertrude Lawrence, the first "Anna" in the early stage version of "The King and I", died during its run, and was buried in HER "Shall We Dance" ball gown. Must have been a pretty large casket...

[–] LittleMissDysthymia 16 years ago

If that's true then I'm sure they left the hoop (under) skirt off her.

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[–] amazon423 14 years ago

In a "History of Costuming"( history of fashion) class I had in college an illustration showee how they got it on the woman. A woman with long tongs stood on either side of the one being dressed. They got the dress into these tongs and lowered it over the woman's head. She had to finish settling it into place.

[–] LordGaGa 14 years ago

Deborah Kerr must have been a pro at hoop skirts. She wore the same sized dresses in The Innocents too.