The Movies' Best-Loved Costumes

Vivien Leigh as Scarlett O'Hara in Gone With the Wind (1939)
In one of her many sexual debates with Clark Gable's Rhett Butler, Scarlett's dialogue says 'No no', but her dress says 'Come here, you great brute!' A lot of period research, and even more glamour, went into this red velvet robe with a scoop neckline and black belt accentuating Leigh's slim waist. The GWTW costumes were by Walter Plunkett, who took full advantage of the rich tones in the new Technicolor process. This gown has a sultry palette no man could resist. Certainly not Rhett, who takes one look, sweeps Scarlett into his arms and carries her upstairs for some magnificent lovemaking.

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