Associated Press Image of the Curtain Dress from: Gone with the Wind, 1939.
YOU CAN'T KEEP A STRONG WOMAN DOWN!
Scarlett JUST ripped those curtains down and created on the spot war couture in Gone with the Wind. Now the American archives need around 30,000 to restore the dresses worn by the iconic female lead in the film.
Walter Plunkett's CURTAIN DRESS is possibly the most important of the film for various reasons:
IT IS THE HUMAN SOUL RECONSTRUCTED, TATTERED BUT NOT BROKEN,OF DECADENCE LOST AND DIGNITY PRESERVED, A SYMBOL OF REBIRTH FOR A BROKEN NATION AND EMBODIES A WOMAN'S STRENGTH.
So, here is to preservation of vintage clothing and iconic women! Her determination to preserve her dignity won her an Oscar in the film and is an unforgettable inspiration to women everywhere. The pride of this woman as she walks on screen in the hand made dress while all hell breaks loose in the world around her is a part of the North American ideology!
THE CURTAIN DRESS IN TODAY'S TERMS:
In many ways this dress is a symbol for fashion in hard economic times such as those we face today. You find that vintage piece, make that dress from what you have, you find that bargain on something that looks like a million but costs $5 and pull it off! So should we bail it out? I am not sure. Would that be another example of our decadence while the world burns around us or a nod to determination and keeping your head up in hard times. Its fate is up to the public, but hopefully tomorrow is another day!
Gone with the Wind, film 1939.
We all love this dress and story! Check out the parody of the scenes by Carol Burnett from Carol Burnett's Went with the Wind:
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