17/06/2022
In 1951, Monroe had received criticism for a provocative dress she wore to a party taking place in the Beverly Hills Hotel. The red dress in question was said to be low cut and drew the ire of a female journalist, who according to Monroe, called her ‘cheap and vulgar’. She even went on to say that Monroe would have looked better wearing a potato sack. This led to Twentieth Century Fox to take advantage of the situation, organizing the now-famous photoshoot that saw Monroe posing in a burlap potato sack that was designed to highlight her famous figure. The photos would go on to feature in newspapers across the country, proving the fact that Monroe could indeed look amazing in a potato sack.
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