GLITTERY ARTIFACTS...AND THEY TOOK TOP DOLLAR, TOO!

JOAN'S SMASHING EVENING GOWN , BY JEAN LOUIS, FOR HER 1955 COLUMBIA FILM,"QUEEN BEE".
THIS SATIN MASTERWORK IS ACTUALLY A DEEP PURPLE/MIDNIGHT BLUE COLOR AND THE INTERIOR LINEING IS A BRIGHT  HARD SALMON.
IT IS GORGEOUS AND I HAD THE GOOD LUCK TO SEE IT ON VIEW IN THE VERY EARLY 1980'S. IT FASCINATED ME THAT THE GOWN WAS DESIGNED FOR SOMEONE SO TINY IN PHYSICAL STATURE BUT A GIANT CULTURALLY.
AND IT MADE JOAN CRAWFORD MORE REAL AS A HUMAN BEING.