It doesn’t matter if it’s the 300th line when it’s on TV pretty Woman one stands and looks in silence and admiration that “Big Ass Cinderella” steals the heart of an apparently cynical and unflappable businessman. Released in Italian theaters on August 14, 1990, Garry Marshall’s film has a cult following. romantic comedy, for which a few unforgettable fragments are enough to be recognized among a thousand. Vivian Ward-Julia Roberts, who sings Prince aloud in headphones while immersed in a cloud of foam. The one in the restaurant with difficulty trying to dominate the “boughs” of snails, as a result of which it fatally throws them into the air. Or, again, the one that, the outspoken street girl in revealing clothing, try to upgrade your wardrobe in snooty and arrogant Rodeo Drive. Already the clothes, a very important part of the film’s storytelling, almost earned the costume designer a BAFTA award. Marilyn VanceHollywood superstar whose creations are still a constant source of inspiration.

Indeed, it has become a legend. super sexy mini dress worn by Julia Roberts pretty Womanin the intro of the film: on Hollywood Boulevard, “there is no hammering a nail”, despite the fact that a “stangon” in a hot uniform passes by. The dress is kept to a minimum with one metal ring connecting a white top and a tie-dye miniskirt, an outfit dedicated to history (film and fashion) also because of the many anecdotes associated with it.

History of Julia Roberts dress in Pretty Woman, anecdotes and curiosities

Indeed, the neckline of the dress seems to strategically expose the hips. Julia Roberts, specifically wanted Vance to sinuously shape the actress’s perhaps too “hard” silhouette. The ring of the character, this was supposed to be Vivian, and so she was smashed on the big screen. The accomplices were childhood memories of a costume designer who, remembering a designer swimsuit Rudy Gernreich and worn in his youth, he went in search of his modern counterpart, finding it in a designer mini dress Hunza G. It is no coincidence that the brand of swimwear, the king of stretch one size fits all founded in 1984 by Peter Meadows, has made a strong comeback in recent years, which is a sign of how what the cut-out dress continues to reap the victims of fashion.

From trousers to a scarlet blazer, sexy additions to an iconic outfit

The icon still needs additions. As well as provocative dress he probably wouldn’t have as high an erotic speed as he does without kids patent leather knee high boots, still a valuable creative material for catwalks. There is no authoritative signature behind them, but a punk shop in London that shipped punks across the ocean especially for the film.

Black hat with visorhowever, was the same Marilyn Vance and the jacket, scarlet with a black border, according to legend, belonged to the mask of the cinema near the filming location pretty Woman: The costume designer found it perfect and won it for just thirty dollars for her Vivian. Final note on appearance: platinum blonde fake bob who, along with the rest, predetermined Julia Roberts in the firmament of Hollywood, and us a fairy tale about a modern Cinderella, which we will never get tired of watching.