She could be just relaxing at home or at a awards show and no matter what she looked fantastic.
She was enamoured with Emilio Pucci and she was known to buy multiples of one design in all the colour he made. Her love of his garments went so far as to be buried in her favourite Pucci blouse.
Another one of her preferred designers was William Travilla.
He made costumes for her in eight of her movies including Gentlemen prefer blondes, How to marry a millionaire and The seven year itch. Possibly the most famous dress he made for Marilyn was
"The Subway Dress" worn in The seven year itch and was recently sold for $4.6 million.
My all time favourite of all the gowns she ever wore was so tight she was litarally sewn into it, the gown made her look allmost nude and was covered in approximately 2500 rhinestones.
Of course I'm talking about the 1962 Jean Louis dress she sang happy birthday to JFK in, at maddison square garden in front of 15,000 people. All though when it was sold at Christies in 99' it only brought $1.26 million I believe It to be more of a outstanding piece than "the subway dress".
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