BOOM!, 1968
Lot 932 The Collection of Elizabeth Taylor

BOOM!, 1968

Closed16 December 2011

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BOOM!, 1968
An extravagantly embroidered kimono, with trompe-l'oeil ribbons on an ivory ground, with matching beaded waspie cummerbund belt and ivory chiffon dress, labeled inside Tiziani, made for Elizabeth Taylor as Flora 'Sissy' Goforth in the 1968 Universal film Boom! (3)

Specialist note

This ornate kimono is identical to the one Elizabeth Taylor as Flora 'Sissy' Goforth wears during the scene where she shares an intimate evening meal with Noël Coward, who plays Flora's inquisitive friend the Witch of Capri.
The film was an adaptation of the Tennessee Williams play The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore, and was reworked by Williams for the screen production with it in mind that Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton would be cast as the central characters.