This dance costume, constructed over a flesh-colored leotard with a fitted strapless bodice decorated with white bugle bead stripes and a long flowing beaded skirt, was designed by Edith Head for Juliet Prowse as Lili in the 1960 Elvis film ๐ฎ.๐ฐ. ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐. ย The costume made a brief appearance more than a decade later in the 1971 film ๐ป๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฎ๐๐๐, where it was worn by Connie Stevens as Anna Borg. ย Now owned by Larry McQueen of The Collection of Motion Picture Costume Design, it has been exhibited several times over the years, including at the Oklahoma City Museum of Art's ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐ : ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ '๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ exhibition. ย This is not the only Elvis film to feature recycled costumes. ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ด๐, for example, famously reused a gown once worn by Audrey Hepburn. You can find that, as well as more reused costumes from the Larry McQueen Collection on our website at Recycledmoviecostumes ย
