NEWS FROM THE MARILYN MONROE COLLECTION
Updates, stories, and discoveries from inside the collection and beyond.
The Truth About the “Marilyn Monroe Doll House in Palm Springs” in the News
Marilyn Monroe Sells Modern Day Products in Concept Advertising Campaigns
DesignCrowd, a crowdsourcing marketplace for freelance designers, asked its 475,000 users from across the globe to Photoshop the world's 'most...
How Hugh Hefner Got Lucky with Marilyn Monroe
Talk about getting lucky. It takes good fortune for a regular guy to land a babe, and that was doubly true when that regular guy was Hugh M. Hefner,...
The Marilyn Monroe Collection Featured in Newsweek Magazine Special Issue on Marilyn Monroe
Several items from the Marilyn Monroe Collection are featured in a Newsweek magazine special issue focusing on Marilyn Monroe. This special issue on...
Seven Year Itch Subway Scene Costume Crowned Most Iconic
The Billy Travilla designed white halterneck dress worn by Marilyn Monroe in the Seven Year Itch has been voted the most iconic screen costume via a...
“Marilyn and I” Available at Barneys Online
In Marilyn and I, photographer Yury Toroptsov celebrates in a new way the unique connection between our contemporary world and Marilyn Monroe. Using...
Marilyn Monroe Plastic Surgery Procedures Confirmed
A medical file for Marilyn Monroe is coming to auction at Julien's Auctions, in which it is confirmed that Marilyn had procedures to modify her nose...
Millionaire Corner: There’s Something about Marilyn!
Darren Julien and David Gainsborough-Roberts have been interviewed by millionairecorner.com about the upcoming Marilyn Monroe auction taking place at Julien's Auctions this November. From the article: There is something about Marilyn, who would have been 90 on June 1....
Interactive Snickers Billboard Features Marilyn Monroe
In follow-up to the Snickers Marilyn Monroe themed ad shown at the 2016 Superbowl in February, a digital billboard in New York City offers an extension of the campaign with Willem Dafoe as Marilyn Monroe interacting with the public. The new billboard uses facial...
Happy Memorial Day: Marilyn in Korea, February 18, 1954
[separator height="20"] In honor of the Memorial Day holiday, I wanted to present the newest addition to the Marilyn Monroe Collection: Marilyn's personal hand-drawn invitation to have lunch with the men of the Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Inf Division...
Douglas Kirkland Exhibit in Toronto
A new exhibit in Toronto will showcase the life works of famed fashion and celebrity photographer Douglas Kirkland. Included in the Toronto exhibition are images from one of Kirkland's most renowned gigs: his 1961 session with Marilyn Monroe. Kirkland recalled how, as...
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