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Miss Starlett costume, worn by Carol Burnett on "The Carol Burnett Show"

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    Object Details

    user
    Burnett, Carol
    maker
    Bob Mackie
    Description (Brief)
    “I saw it in a window and just couldn’t resist it,” Carol Burnett remarked about her outrageous “curtain dress,” worn in a comedy sketch that aired on her CBS TV series. Designer Bob Mackie created the costume for the sketch, which was a wild parody of the 1939 film classic Gone with the Wind. The sketch, by writers Mike Marmer and Stan Burns, was humorously titled “Went with the Wind” and Burnett played a character named Starlett O’Hara, a name that lampoons the film’s heroine, Scarlett O’Hara. The skit recreated, in comic terns, a famous scene from the film in which Scarlett fashions a gown from the parlor draperies. Mackie’s design included a brass curtain rod balanced on the shoulders and a hat fashioned from a valence. The costume was a vital ingredient in the overall effect of Burnett’s comic portrayal.
    Location
    Currently not on view
    Credit Line
    Gift of Bob Mackie
    date made
    1976
    ID Number
    2009.0078.01
    catalog number
    2009.0078.01
    accession number
    2009.0078
    Object Name
    costume
    Measurements
    overall: 76 1/2 in x 55 in x 60 in; 194.31 cm x 139.7 cm x 152.4 cm
    place made
    United States: California
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    Data Source
    National Museum of American History
    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-077f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
    nmah_1381253
    NMAH
    MISS STARLETT COSTUME, WORN BY CAROL BURNETT ON "THE CAROL BURNETT SHOW"
    National Museum of American History
    CC0
    Metadata Usage
    CC0
    GUID (Link to Original Record)
    https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746ad-077f-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
    Record ID
    nmah_1381253

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