August 10, 2011, Filed Under: ConservationGown of a different feather: Conservators investigate feathers on the burgundy gown from "Gone With The Wind" The burgundy ball gown Scarlett wears to Ashley’s birthday party in Gone With The Wind is meant to be provocative (“not modest or matronly,” Rhett snarls) yet glamorous. But when the gown arrived at the Ransom Center in the early 1980s, something wasn’t quite right. “It looked more like a… read more
August 3, 2011, Filed Under: ConservationConservators find best treatment for wedding veil from "Gone With The Wind" is no treatment Gone With The Wind is full of lessons about love, life, and loss. Almost 75 years later, Scarlett’s silk wedding veil has one more lesson. “At the end of our life, it is the end of our life. We are all organic material. When a costume has come to the… read more
July 27, 2011, Filed Under: ConservationWeights removed from red burgundy dress from "Gone With The Wind" to prevent damage “Wear that!” spits Rhett Butler, throwing a burgundy ball gown at Scarlett. “Nothing modest or matronly will do for this occasion.” When the provocative burgundy gown from Gone With The Wind arrived at the Ransom Center in the early 1980s, lead weights lining the back hem had torn parts of… read more
