Showing posts with label Linda Evans. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Linda Evans. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 26, 2020

MOST WANTED: Black Krystle gown and evening jacket with jewel-tone embroidery

Krystle wore this gown and evening jacket to the only Carrington Christmas party in 9 years of "Dynasty."  The gown and jacket are made of (what I believe to be) black velvet with various jewel-tone embroidery and rhinestones in a leaf and vine pattern.  The gown has spaghetti straps.  The embroidery on this gown is gorgeous and very intricate.  I would also love to acquire this ensemble because I own the red beaded gown Alexis wore to the same party-- she wasn't invited of course, she crashed it!  It would be great to have both Krystle's & Alexis' gowns from that scene.

WANTED: If anyone has this costume, or any information on its whereabouts, please let me know!













Tuesday, April 23, 2019

My Collection: Red Krystle cocktail dress with black lace sequin appliques

This cocktail dress was worn by Linda Evans as Krystle Carrington on "Dynasty."

Linda wore this dress in episode 206 "The Wedding."

Krystle wears this dress in a scene with Blake in their master bedroom where she tells Blake the only way she will agree to renew their marriage vows is if he will agree to sign divorce papers.  Krystle's reason for this is because she is about to leave for an operation on a possibly fatal brain tumor that she has and wants Blake to be free to remarry if she does not survive the operation.  The second scene involves Krystle introducing Sable to the rest of the family for a formal dinner at the mansion.  This storyline was devised because Linda was ready to leave the show.  This season 9 storyline was grooming the way for Sable to possibly become a new romance for Blake in season 10, which never happened because the show was canceled.

This cocktail dress is off the shoulder, long sleeved, and has a knee-length, ruffled, full skirt.  The dress is made of a finely ribbed red fabric and has six buttons at each wrist also in this red fabric.  The neckline, front of the bodice, outside of each sleeve, and each pleat of the skirt are adorned with floral black lace appliques bordered in black sequins.  The edges of the lace at the neckline and the skirt extend slightly over the red fabric of the dress.  The inside of the dress has a built in corset.

























Monday, February 9, 2015

WANTED: Nude beaded rhinestone Krystle gown

This is one of my top ten favorite Krystle gowns from Dynasty.  Linda wore this to the People's Choice Awards in 1985 where she won "Favorite Actress" and Dynasty won "Favorite Show."  The nude color palette looks great on Linda, while the crystal embellishments add 1980's over the top glamour.  I actually prefer this gown without the huge shoulder pads and crystals, but that is what makes it a very "Dynasty" look.  This gown was later altered, by adding fabric to the neckline, transforming the gown from a V-neck décolletage to a high neckline.  Per usual I definitely prefer the gown in it's pre-altered form.  I think all of these gowns that were altered were much more beautiful in their original state. "If it ain't broke, don't fix it!"

WANTED: If anyone has this gown, or any information on its whereabouts, please let me know!












Monday, July 14, 2014

My collection: Sketch of red chiffon Krystle gown

This is the Nolan Miller sketch for the red matte chiffon gown worn by Linda Evans.  This gown was made for Linda's role as Krystle, and the design was also used for the McCall's "Dynasty Collection" dress pattern kits.  Linda did not ever wore this design on the show, but she did wear the gown for the photo shoot for McCall's as well as to a personal event.  This sketch is done on large sketch board.  The back of the sketch has hand written notes stating "# 12 - Linda Evans - Krystle - Dynasty".  This leads me to believe that this design was made for Linda to wear on the show and perhaps the scene got cut or a different gown was used instead.

If anyone has any information on where Linda wore this design, or the location of the actual gown, please let me know!