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Running The Night Smoothly Set up a welcome area near the entrance where guests can pick up name tags and character packets as they arrive

Styling Tip: Pair this beauty with brown leather booties and a wide-brimmed hat for a classic festival look, or style with Mary Janes and lace socks for the ultimate coquette aesthetic

"We were incredibly privileged to have had the opportunity to offer this amazing dress from the most legendary screen star of all time." Monroe, one of the 20th century's most famous sex symbols, wore the dress as she sang Happy Birthday to You to Kennedy in a breathy performance at a May 19, 1962 fundraiser for the Democratic Party in Madison Square Garden in New York

The star of the films "Some Like it Hot" and "Gentlemen Prefer Blondes" died of a drug overdose less than three months later

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The crisp cotton poplin fabric is ideal for warmer weather and also keeps the dress from feeling too formal