Posted on 10/25/2012 8:11:20 PM PDT by smokingfrog
AUSTIN (AP) — It turns out there will be another day for Scarlett O'Hara's green curtain dress. Many of them.
The iconic dress and Scarlett's burgundy ball gown from the 1939 film "Gone With the Wind" have been saved from deterioration by a $30,000 conservation effort by the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas.
The dresses worn by actress Vivien Leigh are now on display for the first time in nearly 30 years at London's Victoria and Albert Museum as part of a Hollywood costume exhibit.
Ransom Center officials announced the project in 2010, noting the dresses were in danger of falling apart from age.
The dresses were made of heavy fabric and were not built to last. Weakened stitching and sagging waistlines had to be repaired and conservators also had to remove some previous alternation work and additions, such as feathers placed on the burgundy gown.
"All of those areas would have gotten worse. All the vulnerable parts have been stabilized," said Jill Morena, the Ransom Center's assistant curator for costumes and personal effects. "It has been a success. We would not be able to display them without this effort."
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“I saw it in the window and I just *had* to have it!”
One of the funniest skits ever.
Yep that dress and one of the most unforgettable lines on television, “I saw it in the window and just couldn’t resist”.
Maureen O’Hara, Kirk Douglas.
Think of the memories.
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