This is one of my favorite Ginger dresses. It's either by Bernard Newman, who also designed the costumes for many of her 1930s movies with Fred Astaire, or by Irene, who also designed the costumes for The Barkleys of Broadway. Both are credited on the movie, but I tend to suspect Newman for this particular gown.
Anyway, I love the layered effect, the lavish use of sequins, and the sheer wrap/cape with the bow-shaped brooch(?) at the shoulder. It definitely fits the glamorous nightclub singer she is playing in the film. Later, to go out, she puts on a cute jacket with shouldamapads and ribbon ties in the front over the gown.
Romantic scenes of Jimmy Stewart with all these beauties
Vertigo (1958) / The Philadelphia Story (1940) / Vivacious Lady (1938) / Rear Window (1954) / Destry Rides Again (1939) / Ziegfeld Girl (1941) / The Shop Around the Corner (1940) / It’s a Wonderful Life (1946)
James Stewart and Ginger Rogers filming Vivacious Lady (1938)
Happy heavenly birthday to Jimmy, my all time favorite actor! He was born on this day in Indiana, Pennsylvania in 1908! Today, he would be 114 years old.