Gone with the Wind unused costumes still photos dolls Scarlett O’ Hara Vivien Leigh Walter Plunkett

Walter Plunkett made an impressive range of gowns for the film. He thought that the barbecue dress had the biggest influence on contemporary fashion, at the time. In 1940, there were Scarlett lookalike contests, held in America, Australia and New Zealand. “Plunkett had spent two months in the South, as (David Selznick’s secretary) Kay Brown, had given him a letter of introduction to author, Margaret Mitchell. Mitchell suggested people who could help him, and he snipped fabric samples from the hems and seams of their old clothes. He finished his research in Nov 1937, with a Paris trip to research hoop skirts and bustles. (At Christmas 1939, Plunkett was one of those who received a presentation script, bound in cloth and leather, with an inscription expressing David’s appreciation for his brilliant execution of a difficult job. In 2015, it sold at auction for $22,500.)“ - extract from paperback and ebook available on Amazon, about some of the actors from Gone With the Wind, and lot