Sixty-Four Years Ago, Marilyn Monroe Wore SHEERS! to a London Press Event

Olivier, Monroe, and Miller

First of all, I need someone to tell me if the Savoy Hotel still has that wallpaper. Second: Olivier looks, as usual, quite dashing; Marilyn looks gorgeous; and Arthur Miller's glasses would be incredibly popular with a variety of intellectual hipster men today.

Marilyn Monroe

I told you! Sheers! This whole midriff is sheer! I mean, she's making it work but this ALSO -- sans gloves -- would not go amiss AT ALL on an actress today.

Monroe And Olivier

17th July 1956: American film star Marilyn Monroe (1926 - 1962) sits next to British thespian Laurence Olivier (1907 - 1989) at a press conference at the Savoy Hotel, London. (Photo by Harry Kerr/BIPs/Getty Images)

This all feels very civilized.

Marilyn Monroe, Schauspielerin, USA - mit Sir Olivier Laurence

(Eingeschränkte Rechte für bestimmte redaktionelle Kunden in Deutschland. Limited rights for specific editorial clients in Germany.) *01.06.1926-05.08.1962+Schauspielerin; USAmit Sir Laurence Olivier- 1956 (Photo by ullstein bild/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

Hey, remember when you could smoke inside? (I'm old, y'all. I DO remember this.)

The Prince and the Showgirl Press Conference

A Press Conference held by Sir Laurence Olivier to introduce Marilyn Monroe as his co-star in The Sleeping Prince, the film which eventually became The Prince and the Showgirl. Also present is Arthur Miller. (Photo by © Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images)

Things truly never, ever change. (Why Arthur Miller is getting to sit in on this photo call -- he was, at least, cut out of most of the snaps -- is beyond me. Yes, you're a very famous man and you and the star of this film just got married. Let your wife do her job!)