Seidhkona
08-03-2012, 10:43 AM
<p><span ><p>The ubiquitous Norrathian "peep leg" dress style has at least one famous real world counterpart:</p><p><img src="http://images.yuku.com/image/jpeg/fcb267745e0ef8285b424ffbfaa9d5647e2c2a6a.jpg" width="528" height="720" /></p><p>This is the dress Marilyn Monroe wore in "<a href="http://www.imdb.com/media/rm2006954496/tt0047422" target="_blank">River of No Return</a>". Monroe wore the green velour dress designed by Travilla while she sang "<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-jMM1cI-_rU" target="_blank">I'm Gonna File My Claim</a>" in the 1954 Western in which she portrayed Kay Weston, a gambler's wife. <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-207_162-20124183/marilyn-monroe-dress-fetches-$504k/" target="_blank">The dress recently sold at a private auction for half a million dollars.</a></p><p>Compare:</p><p><img src="http://eq2.eqtraders.com/images/articles/TDC16.jpg" width="800" /></p><p><img src="http://eq2.eqtraders.com/images/articles/TDC29.jpg" width="800" /></p><p>Hat tip to Cerilynn of Legends of the Tundra (Lucan D'Lere/Crushbone) for pointing this one out!</p></span></p>