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Beaton/D/2/2/13
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GB 275 Beaton/D/2/2/13
Title
Dresses for Jennifer
Date(s)
- October 1958 (Creation)
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5p paper
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Scope and content
Typescript article for 'Woman & House' magazine, in which Beaton discusses his work for the 1958 film adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's 'The Doctor's Dilemma', starring Leslie Caron and Dirk Bogarde. Beaton writes of the preparations necessary for the film and especially the logic behind his costume designs for the character of Jennifer Dubedat.