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Jazz Tangcay Artisans Editor In the end, an old-fashioned filmmaking trick involving heated cardboard helped costume designers re-create Marilyn Monroe’s famous pleated halter dress from “The Seven Year Itch” for Andrew Dominik’s “Blonde.” “On paper, it looks easy,” says “Blonde” costume designer Jennifer Johnson, who worked on many of Monroe’s looks — including that one — for the movie, which is now streaming on Netflix. She started by outfitting the film’s star, Ana de Armas, with a facsimile of the dress from a costume house. “It looked cute,” but it wasn’t right, says Johnson.

Ana de Armas has shared new imagery from her upcoming Marilyn Monroe biopic Blonde, where she bares an uncanny resemblance to the screen siren.The 34-year-old Cuban-Spanish actress posted four snaps to her 7.3million Instagram followers on Wednesday, showing her recreate iconic moments from the Hollywood star's career that will feature in the Netflix project.They included a classic scene from the 1953 film Gentlemen Prefer Blondes that was famously copied by Madonna in her 1984 music video for the hit song Material Girl. Uncanny: Ana de Armas bares a striking resemblance to Marilyn Monroe as she recreates the iconic Gentlemen Prefer Blondes scene in biopic of the tragic screen sex symbol The real deal: Marilyn is seen the1953 film Gentlemen Prefer BlondesAna could also be seen taking direction from a choreographer as she recreated the acting legend's famous moves in the scene where Marilyn sings 'Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend' in the pink dress designed by William Travilla.