Designer Orry-Kelly said he made the famed silver shimmery dress of "nude souffl on the bias to lift her breasts and push her tummy in," according to Marilyn in Fashion, adding, "It was so slightly beaded over her breasts that her nipples were not covered and [director] Billy Wilder had to light her with a single spot that left the area strategically in darkness." The front seems tame compared to the plunging open-back side of the dress, which creates the illusion that she's zipped it down on purpose
Also sold on Thursday was the cocktail dress she wore in "Some Like it Hot", which fetched $450,000
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