{"id":2244,"date":"2011-12-19T05:30:59","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T12:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/?p=2244"},"modified":"2011-12-18T15:34:57","modified_gmt":"2011-12-18T22:34:57","slug":"walter-plunketts-wild-ideas-for-an-american-in-paris-1951","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/2011\/12\/19\/walter-plunketts-wild-ideas-for-an-american-in-paris-1951\/","title":{"rendered":"Walter Plunkett&#8217;s wild ideas for An American in Paris (1951)"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure style=\"width: 465px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gonemovies.com\/www\/Hoofd\/A\/PhotoLarge.php?Keuze=KellyAmerican4&amp;TitelKop=An%20American%20in%20Paris%20&amp;Keuze2=KellyAmerican2.jpg&amp;Age=0&amp;Sort=\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gonemovies.com\/www\/XsFilms\/SnelPlaatjes\/KellyAmerican4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"465\" height=\"351\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gene Kelly and Nina Foch in An American in Paris (Click for reference)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<blockquote><p>In the beaux arts ball sequence of \u2018An American in Paris\u2019 [Walter Plunkett] really went imaginative. His materials included newspapers, oilcloth, canvas and felt. The hats were even more extreme. They featured cardboard boxes, sofa pillows and bird cages. One, of papier-mache, took the form of a woman\u2019s leg.\u201d&#8211;Quigg, Jack. \u201cHave Nothing to Wear? Use Ingenuity,\u201d <em>The Washington Post<\/em>; Jul 8, 1951, pg. S10.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You can see a clip of the scene referenced (the New Year&#8217;s Eve party)\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/youtu.be\/sWNV4AXt_7c\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A nice side-bar for this is that Nina Foch&#8217;s gown, according to the organizers of the recent Debbie Reynolds auction, was designed by Orry-Kelly for Walter Plukett in this scene. (Click the image below for more on that!)<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 493px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/davelandblog.blogspot.com\/2011\/07\/screen-gem-saturdays-debbie-reynolds_09.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/davelandweb.com\/blog\/reynoldsauction\/AmParis_Foch_SS.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"493\" height=\"338\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gene Kelly and Nina Foch in An American in Paris (Click for source)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the beaux arts ball sequence of \u2018An American in Paris\u2019 [Walter Plunkett] really went imaginative. His materials included newspapers, oilcloth, canvas and felt. The hats were even more extreme. They featured cardboard boxes, sofa pillows and bird cages. One, of papier-mache, took the form of a woman\u2019s leg.\u201d&#8211;Quigg, Jack. \u201cHave Nothing to Wear? Use [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,93,94,1],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2244"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2244\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2244"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2244"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2244"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fashionhistorian.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=2244"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}