In 1956, Cecil Beaton costumed the debut broadway production of My Fair Lady, which would earn the prolific photographer and costumer designer a Tony for Best Costume Design. Two years later, Beaton would design the costumes for another — this time on-screen — musical, Gigi. Both musicals were rag-to-riches tales inspired by Pygmalion that ended with splendid Beaton gowns. In the film, Gigi’s transformation is materialized as she appears in a white satin winged gown for dinner in fin-desiècle Paris. If visual evidence is anything to go by, Beaton’s off-the-shoulder gown appears to have inspired a black satin dress that appeared in the Spring/Summer 2014 collection of Ulyana Sergeenko, the Russian couture patron cum couture designer.

Comparison Courtesy of: Juan Andrés Puertas