Death Becomes Her: The Best Mourning Costumes in Film
In honor of The Met's 'Death Becomes Her,' click through for the best mourning costumes in film, from Elizabeth Taylor decked out in an Egyptian style ensemble in Cleopatra, to Gladys George wearing an iconic look in The Maltese Falcon.
In honor of The Met's 'Death Becomes Her,' click through for the best mourning costumes in film, from Elizabeth Taylor decked out in an Egyptian style ensemble in Cleopatra, to Gladys George wearing an iconic look in The Maltese Falcon.
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1923, A Woman of Paris A Drama of Fate
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1929, Louise Brooks in Pandora's Box
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1939, Vivien Leigh and Clark Gable in Gone with the Wind
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1941, Gladys George and Humphrey Bogart in The Maltese Falcon
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1948, Eleanor Parker in The Woman in White
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1961, Sophia Loren in El Cid
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1961, Stephania Sandrelli in Divorce Italian Style
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1963, Audrey Hepburn and Dominique Minot in Charade
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1963, Elizabeth Taylor in Cleopatra
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1964, Love in Four Dimensions
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1969, Gaily Gaily
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1989, Winona Ryder in Heathers
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1996, Julia Roberts in Mary Reilly
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2006, Helen Mirren in The Queen
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2010, Emily Blunt in The Wolfman
Kristen Bateman
Contributing Editor
Kristen Bateman is a contributing editor at Harper’s Bazaar. Her first fashion article was published in Vogue Italia during her junior year of high school. Since then, she has interned and contributed to WWD, Glamour, Lucky, i-D, Marie Claire and more. She created and writes the #ChicEats column and covers fashion and culture for Bazaar. When not writing, she follows the latest runway collections, dyes her hair to match her mood, and practices her Italian in hopes of scoring 90% off Prada at the Tuscan outlets. She loves vintage shopping, dessert and cats.
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