LUA LUA designer Justyna Niewiara's movie-tip in July 2008

Question: Which movie has to be seen because of its great jewellery, costumes?

"I was thinking a lot about it as you can take different approaches to it and there are so many films that show both great jewellery and costumes. After long consideration I would like to nominate: "Salome", (1953) directed by William Dieterle, Rita Hayworth as Salome; especially the fragment: SALOME DANCE OF THE 7 VEILS."

Video: Famous scene "Salome dance of the 7 veils" of the movie "Salome", starring Rita Hayworth, Stewart Granger, Charles Laughton, ...

Costume Designer of the female gowns is Jean Louis. This man has designed Marilyn Monroe's dress for singing "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" to John F. Kennedy in 1962!

The French artist was born on 5 October 1907 in Paris. One of his most important works is the strapless black gown worn by Rita Hayworth in "Gilda" (1946). His filmography starts with his first movies in 1944. He has designed for actresses like Doris Day, Judy Garland, Kim Novak, Lana Turner, Marlene Dietrich, Joan Crawford, ... to name only a few. In 1957 he has won the Oscar for the Best Costume Design for "Solid Gold Cadillac" (1956) and was nominated for 13 Oscar Awards between the years 1950 and 1967. He died on 20 April 1997 in Palm Springs, California.


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fig.: Justyna Niewiara, portrait by Simon Williams. From 22 - 25 June 2008 designer Justyna Niewiara, born 1975 in Poland, presented the new Lua Lua jewellery collection at the Summer Fair trade show in ExCel, London. www.fashionoffice.org/design/2008/lualua6-2008.htm