Costume test photos are a necessity for filmmakers and designers in order to get a clear picture of how colors, fabrics, and styles (and usually hair and makeup) will appear on the big screen. Inadvertently, the snapshots sometimes reveal a different, carefree side of the star in costume. The photos often become works of art themselves. Here's a small collection of 10 vintage wardrobe test shots from famous movies.
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Audrey Hepburn in Sabrina, 1953. |
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Marlon Brando in A Streetcar Named Desire, 1950. |
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Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz, 1939. |
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Elvis Presley in Jailhouse Rock, 1957. |
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Clark Gable in Gone with the Wind, 1939. |
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James Dean in Giant, 1955. |
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Marilyn Monroe in Niagara, 1952. |
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Debbie Reynolds, Singin' in the Rain, 1952. |
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Joan Crawford, The Best of Everything, 1959. |
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Bette Davis in All About Eve, 1950. |
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