It was made by the crew when filming commenced on A New Hope. There were very few….this was the working title of the film “Transcelestians” (similar to Blue Harvest but much more obscure). This shirt was actually owned by Ben Burtt (4 time academy award winning sound designer). You know the guy who invented the Darth Vader breathing sound….
I wore this when I did a Ballet en Pointe routine in the Miss Teen Arkansas pageant.
Miss Teen Arkansas dress (saved image)
PROVENANCE: THIS DRESS WAS MADE FOR AND WORN BY ANN BLOOMFIELD GAMBLE SCHOFIELD POST. SHE WAS PRESENTED IN THIS DRESS TO THE KING AND QUEEN OF ENGLAND DURING EDWARD’S CORONATION IN 1903. ANN WAS THE WIFE OF MELVILLE DAVISSON POST, THE FAMOUS AMERICAN AUTHOR.
LADIES PHOTO: 11″ BY 17″ THIS IS THE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPH OF ANN WEARING THE GOWN . THE PHOTO WAS TAKEN IN LONDON BY THE FAMOUS LONDON PHOTOGRAPHER: C. VANDYK 37 BUCKINGHAM PALACE ROAD LONDON S.W.
I wore this when I married my husband the second time….in a Catholic church, so I had to look nice!
This was worn TWICE. That’s right ladies. Only two times and you will never believe where… The 1986 MISS AMERICA PAGEANT. This was my competition evening gown. Worn for the first night of actual evening gown competition and then for the live telecast when we announce our names and states.
This sale was a Moving Sale in my neighborhood. It was run by a woman in her 50’s. She, too, had one of those faces. I think it took about eight seconds to find out why she’s moving.
She’s joining a nudist camp.
Okay. To be specific: She is “relocating to a clothing-optional environment.”
I’m not kidding. I swear to you I do not kid. She’s been a weekend nudist for years, she said, and now she’s retiring and moving up the coast and “selling everything but my birthday suit.”
I found this at a Estate sale ready to be thrown out, The lining and pockets had been totally ripped apart , as was other articals in the pile. I found the family was looking for something and just tore things up trying to find it. I rescued this beautiful fur and did not know if it could be restored or not. We do not have a furier nearby so I took it to a tailor and believe it or not, it is totally restored, all hand stitched, will last forever. Before taking to the tailor I was scanning over the damage and deep in one of the pockets at the bottom where it had be ripped open was 4 numbers written small in ball point pen. I think that is what they were searching for, perhaps ATM #, Combination #, Lockbox # etc. Due to the place I found the number I don’t think no one else would have found it. It is still visible, even after the repairs but the pocket has to be turned inside out.
My ex gave this to me, sort of. Funny story though so let me explain. We were in St Louis shopping and she found a purse she just had to have. Of coarse it was $1000+. Her easy solution was for me to apply for a credit card. So me thinking this was the one I did and bought her the purse. To be fair she bought me some things. Gucci shoes, this brief, Robert Graham shirts (Ok that one was me) and a pair of True Religion jeans. I havn’t quit figured out how these gifts were from her when they were all placed on the cc in my name. Somehow I was and am the one paying the bill also. Anyway she cheated and I fired her. Now I am trying to recover from the nightmare.
Worn for 10 months without washing, in the ocean, in the mud, exercising, wherever. Once had some tea spilled on them so I just soaked it through with tea.
Washed a second time in Woolite Black.
Found among other pieces of men’s Victorian period clothing acquired directly from the descendants of the Lewis and Blackwell families of Pennington, New Jersey.