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<blockquote data-quote="Miss Texas 1967" data-source="post: 54178" data-attributes="member: 36"><p>That's definitely it, it's reading too much into it to connect the frumpy clothes to the character being from a ranching background. Miss Ellie as she was when we met her wasn't a rancher, she was a society woman, she hung out with the DOA ladies, I'm sure a few of them had come from the same circle but they certainly didn't dress all dowdy and homely. The clothing was all BBG as an actress, not a character decision, she had a mastectomy sometime in the '70s and I guess she was self-conscious after that, it's really too bad she got it in her head that a sack dress was the style to hide the bits of herself she didn't like. It also seems like a horrific waste of money for the studio to have paid for a designer to continue "designing" those dresses, once you have the pattern drawn for one any seamstress could do the rest, they were all the same bland, unflattering style. I don't blame the studio for not trying to claw them back for sale or memorabilia purposes lol</p><p></p><p>Info gathered from this part on UD:</p><p><a href="http://www.ultimatedallas.com/backstage/wardrobe.html" target="_blank">http://www.ultimatedallas.com/backstage/wardrobe.html</a></p><p></p><p><em>Contribution from Barbara Bel Geddes's daughter Susan on the wardrobe of Miss Ellie</em></p><p></p><p><em>"While it is true that my mother did use Jean -Louis for some of her wardrobe, it would be historically accurate, and fun to note, that most of the costumes she wore over the years were personally designed by Mom and her principle designer, Iris Teragawa. This included everything from formal outfits (including several gowns worn to Oil Barron's balls, etc.) to casual clothing and suits.</em></p><p><em>(Iris constructed some impeccable clothing and should be acknowledged for this.)</em></p><p><em>Contrary to the remark in the article, Mom retained the vast majority </em></p><p><em>of her Dallas wardrobe.</em>"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Miss Texas 1967, post: 54178, member: 36"] That's definitely it, it's reading too much into it to connect the frumpy clothes to the character being from a ranching background. Miss Ellie as she was when we met her wasn't a rancher, she was a society woman, she hung out with the DOA ladies, I'm sure a few of them had come from the same circle but they certainly didn't dress all dowdy and homely. The clothing was all BBG as an actress, not a character decision, she had a mastectomy sometime in the '70s and I guess she was self-conscious after that, it's really too bad she got it in her head that a sack dress was the style to hide the bits of herself she didn't like. It also seems like a horrific waste of money for the studio to have paid for a designer to continue "designing" those dresses, once you have the pattern drawn for one any seamstress could do the rest, they were all the same bland, unflattering style. I don't blame the studio for not trying to claw them back for sale or memorabilia purposes lol Info gathered from this part on UD: [URL]http://www.ultimatedallas.com/backstage/wardrobe.html[/URL] [I]Contribution from Barbara Bel Geddes's daughter Susan on the wardrobe of Miss Ellie[/I] [I]"While it is true that my mother did use Jean -Louis for some of her wardrobe, it would be historically accurate, and fun to note, that most of the costumes she wore over the years were personally designed by Mom and her principle designer, Iris Teragawa. This included everything from formal outfits (including several gowns worn to Oil Barron's balls, etc.) to casual clothing and suits. (Iris constructed some impeccable clothing and should be acknowledged for this.) Contrary to the remark in the article, Mom retained the vast majority of her Dallas wardrobe.[/I]" [/QUOTE]
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