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Some Like it Hot
Orry-Kelly, born 1898 - died 1964 - Enlarge image
Some Like it Hot
- Object:
Costume
- Place of origin:
United States (made)
- Date:
1959 (made)
- Artist/Maker:
Orry-Kelly, born 1898 - died 1964 (designers)
- Materials and Techniques:
Stitching
- Credit Line:
Given by the British Film Institute
- Museum number:
S.1647-2015
- Gallery location:
In Storage
Costume worn by Marilyn Monroe as the character Sugar "Kane" Kowalczyk in Some Like it Hot, designed by Orry-Kelly, 1959.
The British Film Institute (BFI) acquired its costume collection for display at the Museum of the Moving Image, which existed on the South Bank in London between 1988 and 1999. The collection is made up of British, European, American and Chinese films and covers the period from the silent film era to the mid-1990s. It contains a wealth of historic and significant film costumes worn by major performers and designed by some of the 20th century’s most important film costume designers. The collection was transferred to the V&A in 2015.
