I Must Confess: when we were kids, my sisters and I enjoyed nothing better than watching old movies on TV.
Our favourite was an old black and white movie called “The Buccaneer’s Girl”; we were also rather fond of the old Elvis movies.
So when we heard the Museum of Brisbane was hosting an exhibition of costumes from the golden years of Hollywood – naturally my sister and I just *had* to visit!
Sadly, we weren’t permitted to take any photos of the exhibition itself (Why is that? Does anybody know?).
We were completely entranced for a good couple of hours, as we looked at costumes worn by old Hollywood greats including Elizabeth Taylor, Katherine Hepburn, Debbie Reynolds, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, Judy Garland, Carmen Miranda, Betty Grable, and Ginger Rogers. Interestingly, the skinny mannequins of today just didn’t fill out the costumes anywhere near as well as the stars of yesterday did 😉 !
There were swimsuits worn by Esther Williams, and helmets and headdresses worn by the likes of Richard Burton and Marlon Brando; as well as design sketches, and numerous photos and clips of the movies that the costumes came from.
If you live in Brisbane or will be visiting soon, the exhibition continues until the 24th of May – and it’s well worth a visit. Even better, it’s free!
Linking up with My Home Truths.
Di Collins says
I went with my friend to this exhibition and loved it. What a great little museum this is in our lovely city.
I could have stayed a lot longer but was short on time. Really enjoy reading your blog.
Janet Camilleri says
Thanks for commenting Di, it’s lovely to meet you! My sis and I couldn’t believe how quickly time went, we were engrossed for a good 2 hours!
Kirsty @ My Home Truths says
Great post especially as it makes for a difficult blog post/review when you can’t take photos Janet! I wish I was closer – that sort of exhibition really interests me x
Janet Camilleri says
I don’t know if it will be going “on the road” either as the items all belong to a Brisbane collector …
Ness says
This sounds like a really interesting exhibition. Shame you couldn’t take photos. I would love to see all the frocks. xo
Janet Camilleri says
They were amazing! A lot of the white and nude coloured ones were really discoloured with age – they would have been absolutely stunning when they were new.
Julie says
I would love this as well. I went to the Hall of Fame in Nashville and they had all the clothes from the country stars. It was fantastic too.
Janet Camilleri says
Clothes and stars – can’t get much better than that!
Tegan says
What an awesome exhibition. I wonder too why they don’t allow you to take pictures of it all.
Janet Camilleri says
Something to do with copyright; next time I will ask and see if I can get permission – after all it’s good publicity for them!
Natalie @ OurParallelConnection says
Looks awesome and a great thing to share with you sisters too.
Janet Camilleri says
We had a great day!
Zita says
Oh how cool!!! May have to take a trip to Brissy when I get home for a looksee!!
I was in London when they opened Kensington Palace with all Princess Diana’s dresses on display…it was remarkable and a little sad at the same time!
Raych aka Mystery Case says
I would love to see this exhibition. Shame you couldn’t take photos.