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This reads as a statement about image versus self-recognition. It can be taken to mean that other people projected a style onto her, while she wanted clothes that matched her own temperament, and it lands in any moment when someone resists being dressed up as an idea.
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About Marilyn Monroe
American actress and model
Marilyn Monroe was an American actress and model, active in the 1950s and early 1960s. She became known for comic blonde-bombshell roles and for her status as a major sex symbol of the period. She was a top-billed film star for a decade, and her screen image came to stand for the era's sexual revolution. By the time of her death in 1962, her films had grossed $200 million.
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