To: mupcat
A bit of an urban legend, that. There's no doubt Marilyn wasn't rail-thin, but sizes can and have changed since her day. One website even says according to MM's dimensions, she'd fit into a contemporary size 4.
http://www.skinnykat.com/litter/archives/2004/01/what_size_was_m.html
254 posted on
08/16/2005 11:05:50 AM PDT by
TheBigB
(Gum would be perfection!)
To: TheBigB
I don't know about MM being a size 4.
Did you ever see the Inauguration Gown Exhibit at the Smithsonian? They have displayed the gowns worn by each first lady at her husband's inaugural ball. Nancy Reagan's dress is a 4. When we toured the Smithsonian with my daughter's Girl Scout Troop I seriously doubted that any of the girls (ages 10 thru 12) could have fit into the Reagan dress...it was painfully small looking. By contrast, Barbara Bush's dress looked 'normal' in size.
262 posted on
08/16/2005 11:17:14 AM PDT by
PennsylvaniaMom
(I used to take the highroad, but the altitude gave me nose bleeds....)
To: TheBigB
according to MM's dimensions, she'd fit into a contemporary size 4. Interesting! Probably true, but certainly looks larger than that in her old movies.
276 posted on
08/16/2005 11:45:24 AM PDT by
mupcat
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