
				These type 
				gowns were in style for a couple of years in the Golden Era, 
				mostly among starlets such as 
				Jayne Mansfield,
				and in 2004 experienced a resurgence among the
				prom crowd.
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        (below) Sonia says she does not get too excited about
        
        mermaids, but is 
        very enthusiastic about this gown -
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(above left) Vanessa Hudgens at the 2009 Oscars 
		(center left)  Jean Kasem, wife of Casey Kasem, the D.J.   (right) Dorothy Dandridge - 
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		(above left) Lena Horne  (right) British 
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      Coco Rocha on her wedding day - all enlargeable
      
          
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	Sugarbarre       
			Larissa, from 
			Wilde Hunt 
			Corsetry, 
			"Currently I am a little obsessed with
			
			this video I found on my friend 
			Cathy Hay's blog, which shows a CT scan of the
			
			Tree gown
			
			by Charles James. ...I swear I 
			could watch a loop of this for hours! It's really hypnotic."     Pinup model
Ruby Luster
 Photography by Alonza 
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