There she stands, in that iconic hot pink gown, arms thrown open wide as if to both offer herself to the world and embrace what the world offers – love, applause, admiration and diamonds, which are, as she sang from the body-hugging confines of that pink silk in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, a girl’s best friend.
It is not her, of course, though it is the dress, designed by William Travilla and now a part of the new “Marilyn Monroe: Hollywood Icon” installation at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles. Running until February 2027, it is one of many exhibitions and events across the US timed to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Monroe’s birth.
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