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Costumes and Personal Effects

December 8, 2015, Filed Under: Film

Another view of Scarlett O’Hara

Vivien Leigh wearing a gown dating from 1877 in Doris Langley Moore’s The Woman in Fashion (1949). Photograph by Felix Fonteyn.

Ten years after the release of Gone With the Wind, actress Vivien Leigh modeled real-life, historic nineteenth-century clothes for pioneer fashion historian and Byron scholar Doris Langley Moore for the publication The Woman in Fashion (1949).

December 1, 2014, Filed Under: Conservation, Exhibitions + Events, Film

Behind the scenes: Conserving the “Gone With The Wind” dresses

The conserved green curtain dress and hat worn by Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara in "Gone With The Wind." Photo by Pete Smith.

Tomorrow, the Harry Ransom Center presents a panel discussion to answer the question “How do you care for some of the most iconic costumes in film history?” at 7 p.m. in the Center’s Prothro Theater. Ransom Center Curator of Film Steve Wilson leads a discussion on the preservation of Gone… read more 

April 22, 2014, Filed Under: Conservation, Exhibitions + Events

Behind-the-scenes: Customizing a mannequin, from legs to limbs, to display a World War I uniform

World War I uniform on display in Ransom Center's exhibition "The World at War, 1914-1918." Photo by Pete Smith.

Presenting a costume or historical clothing on a mannequin may seem deceptively simple at first glance. Yet there is rarely an instance of a mannequin, standardized or made-to-measure, that is ready to use “out-of-the-box.” Each area of the body—shoulders, torso, arms, legs, and feet—must be customized and often requires several… read more 

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