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Kerry Taylor, who was responsible for selling the dress at auction in 2011, told me for my book Beyond the Best Dressed that it was actually designed by famed costume designer Edith Head for the film itself and then reshaped for the Oscar ceremony

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The safest rule: the dress hem is either clearly shorter than the gown (hidden), clearly longer (peeks out intentionally), or exactly the same length

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