The Fifty Years Missing You...♥

Hey Guys and Dolls,

This post is my way of remembering a legend, Miss Marilyn Monroe.

Today is 50 years since she was taken from Earth and I can't help but think how she would of looked glamorous in her old age were she still with us now. However to still feel her presence is a blessing we are not allowed but instead we get to remember her as the beautiful icon that glistened and shone to the whole world.

The blonde bombshell, the icon, the superstar - all good descriptions and all correct. She was the woman every woman wanted to be and was certainly a male pin-up and it was her fame that catapulted her and at the same time bought her heartbreak.

When it came to fashion there can be no faulting her. Her iconic dresses that were designed by William Travilla, at her height of her fame, are true marvels especially the gold pleated dress that caused a censorship stir, just after that followed by the white dress and the subway vent in The Seven Year Itch and finally of course the iconic pink dress draped in diamonds and that large bow in Gentlemen Prefer Blondes.

 

When she wasn't pursing her lips in that pose and smiling with that blonde hair curled at a photo shoot for a movie or at an event, there are the simple photos such as her in the Mexican wrap cardigan contemplating the world by the beach, showing that even at her most natural, she radiated beauty from within.

She was an intelligent lady fully aware of what she needed to do to become an icon. She rose to the top from Norma Jean to Marilyn Monroe in 36 short years. Her personal life was one of a troubling nature but to the public she was held on a pedestal. In the recent NBC series Smash there was a song that Karen sings as she plays Marilyn and if you get a moment then check it out as I believe it sums up the highlights of Marilyn's life as if it's her words to us.

Marilyn, this is my personal bit to you directly. I want you to know that you are a star and even though you are not with us, it's been 50 years and the world loves you just as much. The hardships you had in your life are inspiring to me and the fact you were so successful is a tribute to you. The more I learn about you the more I wish I could of met you or at least been able to see you in the flesh. For what you did for women with curves, fashion will never forget you and also thank you for all the outfits that you made iconic. I will always be inspired by you. I am a true fan.

 

Marilyn, rest in peace,

Luv you guys too,

LDN Teenage Fashionista xx♥