20 Awesome Marilyn Monroe
Looks
1.
Miss Monroe at just 21 years-old, and newly-signed to 20th Century-Fox, in 1947.
2.
Looking fresh-faced, and sporting slightly longer curls, in 1949.
3.
Only Marilyn Monroe could make a potato sack look sexy.
4.
Wearing a cheerful cherry-printed dress on set and chatting with then-husband, Arthur Miller.
5. L
ooking like the epitome of Hollywood's golden age in a strapless gown and fur stole.
6.
Rocking high-waisted bikini bottoms for a photoshoot in agent Johnny Hyde's back garden.
7. Posing as 'Miss Morale of the Marine Cor
ps
' in 1950.
8
. Smiling for the cameras - and wearing the most glamorous in-flight attire - at a New York airport.
9.
Making a case for wearing stiletto heels with your bathing suit in 1949.
10.
Rallying the troops in 1954, with a sizzling rendition of Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend.
11. On the set of her last film, Something's Got To Give, in 1962.
12. Wearing a strapless silk dress, and her signature fur shawl, in 1954.
13.
Catching a flight to Chicago - and starting the trend for 'airport chic' - in 1959.
14.
Channeling the classic '50s pin-up at a charity benefit in 1955.
15.
William Travilla's hot pink dress became a silver screen icon.
16. Her Jean-Louis gown (embellished with 2,500 rhinestones) fetched a whopping $1.2million at auction in 1999.
17.
Donning deckchair stripes on the beach in 1947.
18.
So much gets written about her luminous bleached locks, but doesn't she have the most shapely eyebrow arch?
19.
Wearing chic black tailoring - and sandals on the set of 1953's noir thriller Niagara.
20.
Modelling a yellow bikini, and her natural brunette hair, in the '40s.
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