EPISODE 6 MARILYN

Are diamonds a girl’s best friend? Do blondes really have more fun? We still have no idea, but we had a lot of feelings to share. This episode we’re talking about the life and looks of Norma Jean Mortensen, aka Marilyn Monroe, with tangents on plastic surgery, the colour pink, celebrity memorabilia and Kim Kardashian. 

Image 1: Norma Jean Dougherty photographed by David Conover (1944), via Pinterest

Image 2: Still of Marilyn Monroe from the film Gentleman Prefer Blondes (1953) via Pinterest

Image 3: The original dress designed by William Travilla via Pinterest

Image 4: Photo of Marilyn while filming The Seven Year Itch (1955), via Wikemedia Commons

Image 5: Marilyn Monroe sings Happy Birthday to John F. Kennedy in 1962, via Wikemedia Commons

Image 6: Kim Kardashian wears Marilyn Monroe’s ‘Happy Birthday, Mr. President’ dress to the 2022 Met Gala, via Pinterest

Bibliography:

Monroe, Marilyn, Hecht, Ben. My Story. Stein and Day, 1974

Steinem, Gloria. Marilyn. Henry Holt, 1986

St Clair, Kassia. The Secret Lives of Colour. London, John Murray. p.127

https://www.theguardian.com/film/filmblog/2014/sep/15/marilyn-monroe-seven-year-itch-dress

https://www.wmagazine.com/beauty/marilyn-monroe-beauty-evolution

Longworth, Karina. “Marilyn Monroe: Dead Blondes Part 8.” You Must Remember This, episode 100. Spotify, 6 May. 2023