Marilyn Monroe Gold Dress Gentlemen Prefer Blondes Costume LausenCrafts Marilyn's style still hot a half century later 1953 , USA : The american actress MARILYN MONROE ( 1926 1962 ) in her sheer lame Travilla gown in which she appeared briefly in "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" 1953. . Pubblicity Marilyn Monroe in the Gold dress made by William Travilla,that she only got to use on screen for a couple of seconds. She got to use it at the Photoplay Awards, 9 of February 1953, were she got called out by Joan Crawford : r 1950s