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A Mitzi Gaynor maxi dress worn on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, designed by Bob Mackie
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A Mitzi Gaynor maxi dress worn on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, designed by Bob Mackie
NBC, 1972. Full-length long-sleeved maxi dress with an orange bodice, open collar, and fabric buttons down the front, with a multi-colored pleated skirt and a wide belt with a turquoise beaded buckle, bearing an interior label inscribed, "Elizabeth Courtney / Costumes / Hollywood" (Courtney was a partner in Bob Mackie's firm and costumes were often made at her costume house). The clever Mackie designed this gown to complement the famous curtain from which all the celebrity guests on The Tonight Show were presented and in front of which Carson gave his monologue. The show aired on September 29, 1972.


















