A combination of a hem, bustle, bodice take-in, corset conversion, and strap addition can reach $800 to $1,200 even on a mid-priced gown
Shortly before publication, Mitchell had requested that the name of Scarletts kindhearted foil, Melanie, not be removed from the advertising copyshe is still there, described on the current dust jacket as a loyal friend and true gentlewomanbecause, Mitchell avowed, after all, shes the heroine of the book. (Thackeray had affixed the same label to the gentle and uncomplaining little martyr Amelia Sedley midway through Vanity Fair, in pointed distinction from another such green-eyed baggage as Mitchells Scarlett.) Scarlett OHara was enough of a public obsession and enough of a credible personality to be psychoanalyzed in learned journals, and to a psychiatrist who concluded that Americas new princess was a partial psychopath and a person of inward hollowness Mitchell responded with excited approval
As she did a decade later, when she recycled the dress, wearing it for a second time to The Earthshot Prizes inaugural awards ceremony held at Alexandra Palace in London
So when Sabrina Carpenter posted pics on Instagram from her 25th birthday celebrations that took place over the weekend [Saturday, May 11], it's no surprise the comments section was full of fans instantly drawing comparisons between her yellow mini dress and the aforementioned yellow gown
