The Little Colonel (1935)

Shirley Temple's silk party dress as Lloyd Sherman in The Little Colonel (1935), designed by William Lambert and now in the Academy Museum's own collection, a gift from Temple's family. Tier upon tier of pleated, ruffled silk with fabric roses turns a small girl into a full Southern belle, which is the whole charm of the character. Look at how fine the pleating is: this was made for a close-up, not for the back row.