BLUE CHIFFON PANTSUIT WITH SHAWL, FOX FUR TRIM, SILVER LAMÉ SHOES

1975-79, Designer: Jean Louis​, Gift of Roberta Owens

Perhaps Rogers’ costume designer for her Ginger Rogers Show (1975-79), Jean Louis, was
inspired by elements of two fur-trimmed gowns Rogers wore in her role as Irene Castle in
the 1939 film “The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle” with Fred Astaire.

Color was a performance element Rogers understood in terms of viewer perception and
experience. Like other variables that affect social perception, color can convey meaning
which varies as a function of the context in which the color is perceived. Blue often represents
reliability, cleanliness, trust, and is associated with tranquility and calmness, as well as fidelity
and royalty.​

See the dress on film! Watch Rogers’s nightclub revue performance adorned in this breathtaking blue gown as she sing’s “They Can’t Take That Away From Me” from her 1937 film “Shall We Dance!”