I’ve often wondered the same thing. When I invite people over for dinner (which I did in my 20s and 30s until I gave up) it’s actually a proper dinner. Great music. I expect civilized, cultured, conversation. But people want to crack a beer and make suggestions how to make the food more common. And they dress like frat drunks. Obnoxious.
Sigh. My mother used to have these and I remember all of the ladies looking so shiny and elegant. I’d do my rounds then get sent to bed. When they all went into the family room where the stereo and bar was, I’d sneak out of bed and grab some cake. Now we just meet at Applebee’s in jeans.
When this lockdown is over, I’m committing to throw some, even if I never make any money! Whenever I’ve sought out or created an opportunity to dress up, I’ve never regretted it.
Loved Edith Head's remark." Dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman; but, loose enough to show you're a lady." She designed shoes for Airline hostesses when they looked smart and beautifully dressed.
I hope the front is beautiful but plain so that when you walk up to someone they're like "great dress" but when you walk by and they see the back the absolutely die!!!
I lived around the most elegant black women in my family and in the neighborhood during the 1960s who were dress as elegantly and were equally graceful and well bred. I knew many who likes in the New York and New Jersey area. My grandmother would go and get her furs out of storage in New York and store some of her jewelry at Tiffany's. In fact I went with her get some of her jewelry once and she checked to see if they exchanged her diamond in one of her rings for a lesser diamond. They did. She went home and told my grandfather. He went to New York mad a fuss and moved her jewelry. He came back with a diamond bracelet as a gift.
⭐I want to live in the time when gloves came in sizes called _opera length,_ when gentlemen's cuff links were _monogrammed,_ when champagne was quaffed from _coupe glasses,_ when ladies spoke _eloquently,_ and chandeliers were commonplace. . But I don't want the polio, segregation or 1950s dentistry.... *ow.* Thanks for posting this elegant clip!!
Maybe not in a formal evening dress, lol. But when I was small, my Mom would really dress up very nicely when ever heading into town for grocery, and errands. And I being her only girl, and sometimes got to go along, would be all dressed up too. That was the way then....
I am a daily fancy dresser...no one knows where you are going to or coming from. Wear what you want. I actually get more opportunities, attention, and engagement with strangers because of it. People smile at you, compliment you, make small talk...and guess what having a graceful super chic but friendly beautiful woman chop it up with them makes people feel better in the world.
My girlfriends and I used to love this film - mainly because of the fashion and the wealth. I think we fantasized that our lives would be like that! We were so young and dumb! Shirley Maclaine had a perfect figure and looked...Luscious!
An original period of time in film that cannot be duplicated, imitated or recreated. It is gone now and all we have left are the movies and shows to remind us of the grandeur.
All these gowns (especially the green one) are gorgeous! Like to add that all the gowns/attire that Bob Mackie designed for Carol Burnett were just as gorgeous too!!
northernsoutherngirl, [ What a GREAT screen name; I was born in Brooklyn, NY yet my parents , grandparents were born in Roanoke, VA...guess I am also a "Northern/Southern girl, lol ] . I Recall the African American "seamstress" [ imagine using the term "seamstress" for a white designer] , Ann Lowe [ As an African American female, I hate that Ms. Lowe wasn't given her proper title and respect as a designer and couturier, who made Jackie Kennedy's wedding dress and the dresses of all her bridesmaids at her 1953, Rhode Island Wedding, the social event of the wealthy and famous, for the season. I read a long time ago that when Ann Lowe came to deliver the dresses for the Kennedy wedding, she was told to come in "through the servants entrance". Ann Lowe, held her head high, and told the person charged with setting up for the wedding, "that if I am not allowed through the front door, ALL of these dresses will not be delivered". Here is a quote from an Elle Magazine article regarding Ann Lowe: " She faced constant racial discrimination while working for America's most elite families, including the du Ponts, the Roosevelts, the Rockefellers, and, of course, the Kennedys." She never received the credit and recognition she deserved for creating some of the most elegant gowns and dresses of her time. Here is the article www.elle.com/fashion/a29019843/jackie-kennedy-wedding-dress-designer-ann-lowe/
@@SC-uq2jf thank you for that wonderful back story regarding Ms. Lowe. I choose this screen name for myself simply because I've lived in the south, but now I'm living up north.😉 Enjoy the rest of your weekend!😀
Was thinking the same thing. I've admired her dancing for many years but don't think I really paid attention to "the whole package" until seeing her in these fabulous dresses.
Actually this used to be a thing back in the 60s and 70s at the honeymoon resorts in the pocono mountains. You would have 1 of these in your honeymoon suite And if I'm not mistaken they would make bubbles like a jacuzzi. A lot of the suites also had full size swimming pools in them. The thanking behind this was when you were on your honeymoon. You could just order room service and never have to leave your suite and do whatever you wanted in privacy. You can still see some ruins of them on UA-cam channels. Oh and I forgot they also had large heart shaped whirlpool bathtubs too. I had my honeymoon in the outback of Australia. We stayed in a tent.The 1st night we were right on the ocean on the beach. Nobody was around for 40 miles at least. We were way out in the outback! When all of the sudden crabs by the thousands if not 10s of thousands( these things were almost as big as the king crab) They ran on top of our tent going inland, our tent collapsed. With us still inside! This went on for a good 10 to15 minutes.Then we started hearing noises. We heard what we thought was a baby crying. And we heard something growl. So we started talking about the Australian bigfoot. We were still in our collapsed tent when this all happened. I would say about an hour later we still haven't left our collapsed tent.When guess what came running back the other direction into the ocean? That's right about 1,000,000 giant crabs.When we wore up the next morning we saw a heard of goats. And they where making little sounds.That kind of sounded like a baby crying. We never did see bigfoot either. But we did see a lot of crabs. Memories!
I know this clip is supposed to focus on Edith Head's gowns and Shirley Mcclaine, but I can't take my eyes off Robert Mitchum, with that wonderfully masculine build and stride.
Edith Head was one of the greatest designers when it comes to clothing and wardrobe that I have ever seen I'm 74 and I seen designers come and go to Sachi and go all the way to z but Edith Head she was the one to go to she was Glam she was sexy she knew exactly what look good on each jar or starlit she knew what the public wanted it was sexy but it was not vulgar it was beauty it was all right. That doesn't exist anymore.
@midnightkitsune I totally agree! ! I'm relaunching my eco couture line and I hope people like you find inspiration, beauty and classy sexiness in my dresses. I've had to hold off on my dream for so long that I'm literally bursting at the seams to get these designs out of my head and manifested into reality! Thanks for inspiring me w your comment 😄😃👍💕👍
“What a Way to Go” is my second most favorite movie. The sets and costumes are gorgeous, men are hot, Shirley MacLaine is beautiful and the film is smart and funny. I love to watch this when I’m feeling down.
Shirley Mc Laine had such a cute figure, and she was yet another woman entertainer who could wear the heck out of some clothes. She could wear a burlap sack, and create a demand for it the very next day. Hollywood did not dress her this elaborately too often. I am so glad she got a chance to strut her stuff. She wore every single costume in this movie well. Edith Head was a genius. The first time I laid eyes on her clothes I was in love. Classic movies such as these taught me that your hairstyle should compliment your outfit. Kudos to the stylist who did the beautifully elaborate hair designs.
@California Dreamin Compensation? Shirley loved to dance and from a young age was very dedicated to it which in turn kept those legs in shape. She wasn't compensating for anything nor did she ever have to. I always admired her. Savvy businesswoman too.
"I'll remind you just as soon as I change my nightgown." Long before the days of cable, Netflix, etc. there were dozens of local syndicated TV stations and this used to play on TV matinees a lot in my youth. We'd always bark at the screen what our favorite Edith Head costumes were. Edith Head was sinfully genius. I'm still fond of the dress at 2:07 in the pewter sequins that ends with MacLaine popping onto the piano to show those gorgeous legs. The almost naked creation at the end is no slouch, either.
I remember this movie when it was on t.v. . Shirley MacLaine played a woman who married a series of men who would start out poor but become wealthy. And die by weird accident. The men were all major leading actors of the late 50's early 60's.- Paul Newman, Rock Hudson.....Mitchum Anyway, fun show.
These outfits are fantasyland. Impractible but fun to wear and to admire. Of course Edith Head is a genius! I loved watching the clothes she designed for all those movies.
I understand that this movie was originally written with Marilyn Monroe to play the lead, but she died before it could be made. Same thing with Breakfast at Tiffanys
This is one of my favorite movies and then they did this in the middle of the movie . I think she was really happy being Mrs. Anderson. But she was simply gorgeous in these costumes. Edith Head was a Genius in designing.
I so remember looking forward to the day when I could get dressed up and go to formal parties. Then everything got all casual. I have so much glamourous stuff in my closing and no place to wear it. 😕😕
That was not a backless dress...she was naked. If you listened to the scene right before this one, she said she didn't have a "thing" to wear. That's why you don't see the front...there was no front.
This is my absolute favorite old movie!!!!! Shirley McClaine and a line up of hunky men in an absolutely hysterical movie....I advise everybody to watch.
@@okimawilcox1550 I'm not sure any place like that still exists...If ever they did in real life, how could we really know? LOL But certainly that level of grandness is magical whether it's based on reality or just a Hollywood creation.
From the movie What A Way to Go…one of my all time favorites starring Shirley McClain and a whole roster of leading men actors like Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum, Dick Van Dyke & Dean Martin. It’s such a 60s comedy.
She was the wardrobe ever lady most in the Alfred Hitchcock movies creation she maker, just remember her historical Hollywood NAME . BRAVO! From Paris France
Video: exists UA-cam in 2010: ... UA-cam in 2015: ... UA-cam in 2019: ..: UA-cam in 2020: Aight time to randomly put this in your recommended I just watched this movie 3 weeks ago and even though I didn’t found the plot to be extraordinary by any means, it’s so visually appealing! The sets are beautiful and the costumes, I mean... **chefs kiss** I would definitely urge you to watch it. It’s an aesthetic experience, and not to mention almost all of the cast are literal LEGENDS of cinematic history! It’s also a moderately entertaining movie.
This was one of my favorite films as a kid . inspired me to become a tailor!! Always Loved Edith Heads creativity and style! Some don't consider she also dressed the men.
Edith Head got her job by taking everybody's work from an art class and telling the studio it was her own. She won Oscar's but her team played a huge part in what was designed. Her last Oscar was for 'The Sting,' one newspaper said "congratulations to Edith Head on winning an Oscar for remembering what people wore when she started her career.' They knew another designer had done the work.
Our girls today will never know the thrill of dressing like a dream and living the dream, if only once. They are missing so much. Shredded Jean's, anyone?
I Recall the African American "seamstress" [ imagine using the term "seamstress" for a white designer] , Ann Lowe [ As an African American female, I hate that Ms. Lowe wasn't given her proper title and respect as a designer and couturier, who made Jackie Kennedy's wedding dress and the dresses of all her bridesmaids at her 1953, Rhode Island Wedding, the social event of the wealthy and famous, for the season. I read a long time ago that when Ann Lowe came to deliver the dresses for the Kennedy wedding, she was told to come in "through the servants entrance". Ann Lowe, held her head high, and told the person charged with setting up for the wedding, "that if I am not allowed through the front door, ALL of these dresses will not be delivered". Here is a quote from an Elle Magazine article regarding Ann Lowe: " She faced constant racial discrimination while working for America's most elite families, including the du Ponts, the Roosevelts, the Rockefellers, and, of course, the Kennedys." She never received the credit and recognition she deserved for creating some of the most elegant gowns and dresses of her time. Here is the article www.elle.com/fashion/a29019843/jackie-kennedy-wedding-dress-designer-ann-lowe/
In the world of Edith Head, all women are glamorous and fashionable, and their men all adore them exclusively.
Now that’s a world I want to live in. ❤️❤️
I wish to born that world
and lets not forget the hair stylist who created those hairdos .
The hairstyles were magical
I want to live in that world ♥️♥️♥️
Weren't we all supposed to grow up and have dinner parties where people dressed to the nines? What happened?
Sadly Life happened
I’ve often wondered the same thing. When I invite people over for dinner (which I did in my 20s and 30s until I gave up) it’s actually a proper dinner. Great music. I expect civilized, cultured, conversation. But people want to crack a beer and make suggestions how to make the food more common. And they dress like frat drunks. Obnoxious.
Sigh. My mother used to have these and I remember all of the ladies looking so shiny and elegant. I’d do my rounds then get sent to bed. When they all went into the family room where the stereo and bar was, I’d sneak out of bed and grab some cake. Now we just meet at Applebee’s in jeans.
When this lockdown is over, I’m committing to throw some, even if I never make any money! Whenever I’ve sought out or created an opportunity to dress up, I’ve never regretted it.
Ikr! We better have one big fancy dress up party when this is all done! 👑👗👢👛👞🎩
Loved Edith Head's remark." Dresses should be tight enough to show you're a woman; but, loose enough to show you're a lady." She designed shoes for Airline hostesses when they looked smart and beautifully dressed.
👏🏿
I've always wanted to go back in time to the 50s and 60s until I realise am black...and a woman😳😳
How do you forget you're a woman?
@@danielbergonzi7319 same way I forget am black- till the racism or sexism reminds me
Me too 😭
Lol, so true.
LMAO 😂😂😂😂😂
after so many years those gowns still look classy
Just like music that does not tire.
I want to know what the last white dress looks like from the front!!!
Me too. The back was to die for!!
I hope the front is beautiful but plain so that when you walk up to someone they're like "great dress" but when you walk by and they see the back the absolutely die!!!
That dress made me click, and I'm glad i did! Can't wait to watch this movie 😍
I think they ran short on fabric.
The dress has to be just as fabulous in the front as the back!
The last dress at 4:15 white with pearls running along her back is to die for 😍😍😍
She was nearly wearing that last dress!
Omg what a body
With such a body...god
YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.....that dress is to die for omg :o
@@hamitasaini4795 you think we might be able to find it on ebay? I have 5$
I lived around the most elegant black women in my family and in the neighborhood during the 1960s who were dress as elegantly and were equally graceful and well bred. I knew many who likes in the New York and New Jersey area.
My grandmother would go and get her furs out of storage in New York and store some of her jewelry at Tiffany's. In fact I went with her get some of her jewelry once and she checked to see if they exchanged her diamond in one of her rings for a lesser diamond. They did. She went home and told my grandfather. He went to New York mad a fuss and moved her jewelry. He came back with a diamond bracelet as a gift.
👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 where is class these days. 💕
⭐I want to live in the time when gloves came in sizes called
_opera length,_ when gentlemen's cuff links were _monogrammed,_
when champagne was quaffed from _coupe glasses,_ when ladies
spoke _eloquently,_ and chandeliers were commonplace.
.
But I don't want the polio, segregation or 1950s dentistry.... *ow.*
Thanks for posting this elegant clip!!
meh.....too much money spent on nonsense.
I agree completely. But sadly now Trump AND a pandemic. We can still dream though 😀
And sexism on FLEEK!
But, that only happened in the movies - not in real life!
I still wear monogrammed cuff links.😂
I’d go to the grocery store like this if I could
Maybe not in a formal evening dress, lol. But when I was small, my Mom would really dress up very nicely when ever heading into town for grocery, and errands. And I being her only girl, and sometimes got to go along, would be all dressed up too. That was the way then....
Me too even with a mask on!
You need a mask. 🥴
You can! You only live once. Be spectacular.
I am a daily fancy dresser...no one knows where you are going to or coming from. Wear what you want. I actually get more opportunities, attention, and engagement with strangers because of it. People smile at you, compliment you, make small talk...and guess what having a graceful super chic but friendly beautiful woman chop it up with them makes people feel better in the world.
I came to remind myself that Edith Head is an absolute genius and a gem in costume design history 💕
actually she took credit for others work often. as was the custom then, not nice
@@celesteadeanes4478 really I didn't know that, where can I read more about this?
Now this is how to make an entrance for a red carpet, I’ll take the vintage designs any day!!
My girlfriends and I used to love this film - mainly because of the fashion and the wealth. I think we fantasized that our lives would be like that! We were so young and dumb!
Shirley Maclaine had a perfect figure and looked...Luscious!
What is the name of the film?
@@bjornorchard3693 "What A Way To Go"
An original period of time in film that cannot be duplicated, imitated or recreated. It is gone now and all we have left are the movies and shows to remind us of the grandeur.
@Zoozooshi Crazy exactly. They need to fire their stylists.
All these gowns (especially the green one) are gorgeous! Like to add that all the gowns/attire that Bob Mackie designed for Carol Burnett were just as gorgeous too!!
He designed Cher too for the Sonny and Cher show and red carpet
northernsoutherngirl, [ What a GREAT screen name; I was born in Brooklyn, NY yet my parents , grandparents were born in Roanoke, VA...guess I am also a "Northern/Southern girl, lol ] . I Recall the African American "seamstress" [ imagine using the term "seamstress" for a white designer] , Ann Lowe [ As an African American female, I hate that Ms. Lowe wasn't given her proper title and respect as a designer and couturier, who made Jackie Kennedy's wedding dress and the dresses of all her bridesmaids at her 1953, Rhode Island Wedding, the social event of the wealthy and famous, for the season. I read a long time ago that when Ann Lowe came to deliver the dresses for the Kennedy wedding, she was told to come in "through the servants entrance". Ann Lowe, held her head high, and told the person charged with setting up for the wedding, "that if I am not allowed through the front door, ALL of these dresses will not be delivered". Here is a quote from an Elle Magazine article regarding Ann Lowe: " She faced constant racial discrimination while working for America's most elite families, including the du Ponts, the Roosevelts, the Rockefellers, and, of course, the Kennedys." She never received the credit and recognition she deserved for creating some of the most elegant gowns and dresses of her time. Here is the article
www.elle.com/fashion/a29019843/jackie-kennedy-wedding-dress-designer-ann-lowe/
@@SC-uq2jf thank you for that wonderful back story regarding Ms. Lowe. I choose this screen name for myself simply because I've lived in the south, but now I'm living up north.😉 Enjoy the rest of your weekend!😀
I could wear the green one the gurls would never stay put.
@@northernsoutherngirl We could use some of their elegant creations these days..... elegant fashion has gone downhill since this era.
I wore and Edith Head design to my Prom, wonderful designer for sure
What ? 😂😂😂😂
Edith Head is... dead Michelle !!!!
@@bobduvar You do understand that the dresses didn't die as well?🤦🤦🤦 Edith's dresses, if preserved well, are still fine to wear.
Wow, that's mad swag, you must have slayed!
@@bobduvar You've heard of couture right?
I'll state the obvious, Shirley's body is perfect here.
Was thinking the same thing. I've admired her dancing for many years but don't think I really paid attention to "the whole package" until seeing her in these fabulous dresses.
Legs that go on forever !!
Nobody:
Them: Sleeps in a giant champagne glass
Actually this used to be a thing back in the 60s and 70s at the honeymoon resorts in the pocono mountains. You would have 1 of these in your honeymoon suite And if I'm not mistaken they would make bubbles like a jacuzzi. A lot of the suites also had full size swimming pools in them. The thanking behind this was when you were on your honeymoon. You could just order room service and never have to leave your suite and do whatever you wanted in privacy. You can still see some ruins of them on UA-cam channels. Oh and I forgot they also had large heart shaped whirlpool bathtubs too. I had my honeymoon in the outback of Australia. We stayed in a tent.The 1st night we were right on the ocean on the beach. Nobody was around for 40 miles at least. We were way out in the outback! When all of the sudden crabs by the thousands if not 10s of thousands( these things were almost as big as the king crab)
They ran on top of our tent going inland, our tent collapsed. With us still inside! This went on for a good 10 to15 minutes.Then we started hearing noises. We heard what we thought was a baby crying. And we heard something growl. So we started talking about the Australian bigfoot. We were still in our collapsed tent when this all happened. I would say about an hour later we still haven't left our collapsed tent.When guess what came running back the other direction into the ocean? That's right about 1,000,000 giant crabs.When we wore up the next morning we saw a heard of goats. And they where making little sounds.That kind of sounded like a baby crying. We never did see bigfoot either. But we did see a lot of crabs. Memories!
camp👍🏼😉y
I remember those resorts in the Poconos with those champagne beds and tubs. Everyone wanted to go there for honeymoon. Lol
I know this clip is supposed to focus on Edith Head's gowns and Shirley Mcclaine, but I can't take my eyes off Robert Mitchum, with that wonderfully masculine build and stride.
E Mack I was doing the same thing! One very attractive sexy man.
E Mack Me, too..LOL!
And the cleft chin -
Count me in! This clip was so timely, I took a break from watching the movie The Racket with Robert Mitchum and Robert Ryan, two very sexy men 😉
and that voice............
These outfits are my spirit animal 🥰
Edith Head was one of the greatest designers when it comes to clothing and wardrobe that I have ever seen I'm 74 and I seen designers come and go to Sachi and go all the way to z but Edith Head she was the one to go to she was Glam she was sexy she knew exactly what look good on each jar or starlit she knew what the public wanted it was sexy but it was not vulgar it was beauty it was all right. That doesn't exist anymore.
I want to bring it back, thanks for the inspiration 😘💎
@midnightkitsune I totally agree! ! I'm relaunching my eco couture line and I hope people like you find inspiration, beauty and classy sexiness in my dresses. I've had to hold off on my dream for so long that I'm literally bursting at the seams to get these designs out of my head and manifested into reality! Thanks for inspiring me w your comment 😄😃👍💕👍
Yes..new fashion..almost naked..and sometime they just cover their nipple and private part..
You look so young 😍
@@highpeacetess that would be interesting.. please keep us updated with your business.. thank you
“What a Way to Go” is my second most favorite movie. The sets and costumes are gorgeous, men are hot, Shirley MacLaine is beautiful and the film is smart and funny. I love to watch this when I’m feeling down.
J M That sounds like something I would love. I'm going to check it out cause I'm feeling down. Thanks for the recommendation!
I’m going to watch both ..
Omg, I can't believe Ive never seen this! I have to watch now! The gowns, omg!!
The coffin bouncing down the staircase. I'll never forget that scene.
Mine too! The fashion is to die for 💖 and the parody of movies like musicals and French cinema is so funny and playful
Shirley Mc Laine had such a cute figure, and she was yet another woman entertainer who could wear the heck out of some clothes. She could wear a burlap sack, and create a demand for it the very next day. Hollywood did not dress her this elaborately too often. I am so glad she got a chance to strut her stuff. She wore every single costume in this movie well. Edith Head was a genius. The first time I laid eyes on her clothes I was in love. Classic movies such as these taught me that your hairstyle should compliment your outfit. Kudos to the stylist who did the beautifully elaborate hair designs.
My god those legs!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shirley MaClaine was a dancer as well as an actress. :)
Just to die for....
California Dreamin that personality sure ain’t
@California Dreamin unfortunately nothing on you could compensate for your attitude.
@California Dreamin Compensation? Shirley loved to dance and from a young age was very dedicated to it which in turn kept those legs in shape. She wasn't compensating for anything nor did she ever have to. I always admired her. Savvy businesswoman too.
Shirley McClain always delivers!
Love this movie. Been a long time since I've seen it, but this sure brings back memories. Shirley MacLaine must have had a blast wearing those gowns.
I LOVE the platinum blonde with the white dress and white fur. I’d SO wear that!
It was very beautiful for some reason it reminded me of Joan Crawford
Me too!
"I'll remind you just as soon as I change my nightgown."
Long before the days of cable, Netflix, etc. there were dozens of local syndicated TV stations and this used to play on TV matinees a lot in my youth. We'd always bark at the screen what our favorite Edith Head costumes were. Edith Head was sinfully genius. I'm still fond of the dress at 2:07 in the pewter sequins that ends with MacLaine popping onto the piano to show those gorgeous legs. The almost naked creation at the end is no slouch, either.
I'm always fascinated with the Hollywood sequence when Shirley wears the backless bikini.
And to think Head’s first vocation was school teacher.
The gowns are impeccable and Robert Mitchum is hot.
And Shirley MacLaine is as unbearable as ever.
So hot
Robert Mitchum is a man that today’s men can’t be
“Remind me to tell you...” I’m talking to myself.. 😂 (the single life..)
Hellsyeah! 👋💕👋
been there too! lol.
I came across this clip with absolutely no context and was totally flummoxed. Now I HAVE to see this movie.
Is it a movie or a commercial?? I’m confused!
I know, right!!
I remember this movie when it was on t.v. . Shirley MacLaine played a woman who married a series of men who would start out poor but become wealthy. And die by weird accident. The men were all major leading actors of the late 50's early 60's.- Paul Newman, Rock Hudson.....Mitchum
Anyway, fun show.
Rich in 212 Me too!
The movie is called “What a Way to Go”. This was actually a clip from the movie. It was a running gag.
I love that film! And was fortunate to see it many times in the theater. Edith Head really pulled out all the stops.
What is the name of the movie please?
@@jomana9378 What a Way to Go - Dean Martin, Paul Newman, and Robert Mitchum were the husbands.
Daaaaaamn those gowns are so SHARP!!!
These outfits are fantasyland.
Impractible but fun to wear and to admire. Of course Edith Head is a genius! I loved watching the clothes she designed for all those movies.
One of my favorite movies, What a Way to Go. I still watch it for these lovely gowns on DVD!
I understand that this movie was originally written with Marilyn Monroe to play the lead, but she died before it could be made. Same thing with Breakfast at Tiffanys
I have never seen a figure as gorgeous as Shirley Maclean's. I had no idea she was so stunning.
I am a lover of old movies and old Hollywood glam. Those dresses were gorgeous!! Edith Head was an amazing designer.
class like we will nver see again for along time
This is one of my favorite movies and then they did this in the middle of the movie . I think she was really happy being Mrs. Anderson. But she was simply gorgeous in these costumes. Edith Head was a Genius in designing.
I wish they made movies again with beautiful gowns!
I really want to see all of that dress with the pearls and low back. wow!
Always been a fan of Edith's, this just shows how her game was on point!
I so remember looking forward to the day when I could get dressed up and go to formal parties. Then everything got all casual. I have so much glamourous stuff in my closing and no place to wear it. 😕😕
What I really want to know is how they got that orange hat in the car!
Look at the doors of the car... They open it in contrary way of the nowadays ones.
I could watch a whole movie with these dramatic entrances
So much glamour ‼️
Kindell Armstrong everything Edith Head touched turned to gold and nothing but glam.
Shirley, Shirley, Shirley....you are one magnificent woman in those gowns. Perfection.
Shirley maclaine would look great in anything, she's wonderful actress too.
I remember watching this with my mom. I was shocked to see that backless dress. I was like what year was this movie made?😄
That was not a backless dress...she was naked. If you listened to the scene right before this one, she said she didn't have a "thing" to wear. That's why you don't see the front...there was no front.
Susan Crawford 😳😂
What a way to go is an amazing movie...highly watchable.
Beautiful gowns! Beautiful Robert Mitchum!
Wow! MacLaine had one helluva figure!
No kidding.. those legs!
@@adriel7540 those long legs, that supple waist, those perky full breasts. She was perfection.
@adriel7540 a lifelong dancer
The emerald green dress at the end is just gorgeous, but the last one is to die for! Shirley MacLaine looked absolutely stunning
Best line Robert Mitchum ever delivered: “Melrose! Forgive me!”
The one and only Edith Head who dressed actresses for a generation in superb movies! 💜💜💜
My favorite the scene “It Takes a Thief” at that gala. That was IT for me!
That green dress!! She was a beauty
Heather -Who, Shirley McClain?! Grace Kelly, GORGEOUS!!!! Vivian Leigh, GORGEOUS!!!! Judy Garland, A LITTLE DOLL!!!! But Shirley McClain?! Maybe I'm missing something!!!!
My favourite too.
This is my absolute favorite old movie!!!!! Shirley McClaine and a line up of hunky men in an absolutely hysterical movie....I advise everybody to watch.
Some of the best gowns ever!
the last white one is classic..and would forever more still and always be in style.. I love that gown!
a woman with natural talent since edith said she actually sucked at drawing before she took art classes in college
ok.... WHY DOES THIS NOT HAVE A BAZILLION VIEWS?! [and it's been around for 13 years???] it's spectacular!
3:47 oh MY what an entrance! Now _that_ is a statement dress!
Natalie 1982 I just wish I had somewhere so sophisticated to make an entrance.
@@okimawilcox1550 I'm not sure any place like that still exists...If ever they did in real life, how could we really know? LOL But certainly that level of grandness is magical whether it's based on reality or just a Hollywood creation.
I love this movie so much! lol One of my favorites!
Don't forget Shirley's brother is Warren Beatty. She was tall and a dancer so good form.
THE FASHIONS IN THIS VIDEO!!! 🤯🤯😳😳😍😍😍
I LOVE THIS MOVIE ! AND EVERYTHING EDITH HEAD MAKES ! I SO MISS THE GLAM DAYS !
the yellow one was my favorite! and I loved how the gowns danced and did things
Thank you so much for this, oh how i love Edith Heads gowns, esp the ones she did for Grace kelly. Now i will try to look for this movie.
It's on UA-cam.
WOW, I Romberg how amazed I was when I saw this film and all the lavish gowns/costumes Shirley McLain wore in this movie. Just beautiful.
Me and my husband when quarantine ends, after wearing sweats and barely brushing our hair for three months.
The babydoll!! Fabulousness! ❤️ Edith!
This Was All Too Beautiful ✨
If only these could be worn on the red carpet by stars now a days!
That 1962 continental is to die for.
galen stone I agree
Yep! Stunning! I loved the dramatic car scenes with the misty air
The entire movie is sooo camp. Love it!!!
From the movie What A Way to Go…one of my all time favorites starring Shirley McClain and a whole roster of leading men actors like Paul Newman, Robert Mitchum, Dick Van Dyke & Dean Martin. It’s such a 60s comedy.
She was the wardrobe ever lady most in the Alfred Hitchcock movies creation she maker, just remember her historical Hollywood NAME . BRAVO! From Paris France
Dang that figure, Shirley 😗 and Robert Mitchum was hot. Men were masculine back then.
Yes they were.
Yes, the men were such HUNKS
All her dresses is so beautiful😍😍😍
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I just watched this movie 3 weeks ago and even though I didn’t found the plot to be extraordinary by any means, it’s so visually appealing! The sets are beautiful and the costumes, I mean... **chefs kiss**
I would definitely urge you to watch it. It’s an aesthetic experience, and not to mention almost all of the cast are literal LEGENDS of cinematic history! It’s also a moderately entertaining movie.
This was one of my favorite films as a kid . inspired me to become a tailor!! Always Loved Edith Heads creativity and style! Some don't consider she also dressed the men.
Still LOVE this movie!!!!
Absolutely FABULOUS fashion. Yay Edith.💖
Edith Head got her job by taking everybody's work from an art class and telling the studio it was her own. She won Oscar's but her team played a huge part in what was designed. Her last Oscar was for 'The Sting,' one newspaper said "congratulations to Edith Head on winning an Oscar for remembering what people wore when she started her career.' They knew another designer had done the work.
Wow!!! Those costumes were amazing! ❤
I really want to see the front of the pearl, backless gown.
Wonderful!
Glamour and sophistication
Amazing era! 🥰
perfection!
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We need to return to these times...Style and class!
"But darling, I haven't a thing to wear!"
That, is a lie.
It was a joke. We know she has clothes. 😉
Great movie! That yellow, silver and green dresses are my favorites!
My husband says this is who I remind him of in terms of my dramatics and I couldn’t be more honored. I mean if only!
Joi Robb Shirley was a beauty!
Texas 1 she truly was!
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I love this movie and this scene is one of the best. I wonder what happened to those clothes. Beautiful.
Our girls today will never know the thrill of dressing like a dream and living the dream, if only once. They are missing so much. Shredded Jean's, anyone?
That gorgeous yellow gown was my favorite; my 2nd favorite was that black baby doll night set. Sigh old Hollywood costumes were absolutely beautiful.
I Recall the African American "seamstress" [ imagine using the term "seamstress" for a white designer] , Ann Lowe [ As an African American female, I hate that Ms. Lowe wasn't given her proper title and respect as a designer and couturier, who made Jackie Kennedy's wedding dress and the dresses of all her bridesmaids at her 1953, Rhode Island Wedding, the social event of the wealthy and famous, for the season. I read a long time ago that when Ann Lowe came to deliver the dresses for the Kennedy wedding, she was told to come in "through the servants entrance". Ann Lowe, held her head high, and told the person charged with setting up for the wedding, "that if I am not allowed through the front door, ALL of these dresses will not be delivered". Here is a quote from an Elle Magazine article regarding Ann Lowe: " She faced constant racial discrimination while working for America's most elite families, including the du Ponts, the Roosevelts, the Rockefellers, and, of course, the Kennedys." She never received the credit and recognition she deserved for creating some of the most elegant gowns and dresses of her time. Here is the article
www.elle.com/fashion/a29019843/jackie-kennedy-wedding-dress-designer-ann-lowe/
Thank you so much for sharing, I learned something new today!
@@marianar2948 You are so welcome. That is what is great about UA-cam comment section, we learn from each other. Stay safe out there.
Why isn’t this more iconic? So good
I love how the men back then showed off their women like trophy’s.. man has things changed
I had no idea Shirley MacLaine was this stunning
She was so skinny, like she could snap at any moment.
But omg, the bedazzled white dress.
She was actually just gorgeously slim and a dancer
Her designs were sick! If anyone tried to recreate this today it would just look so tacky. But Shirley MacLaine slayed the looks