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To promote her new romantic-comedy Love Again, Priyanka Chopra is on the sartorial press tour of her life, taking the streets and red carpets of New York by storm with a series of jaw-dropping ensembles. Case in point: the Bulgari ambassador’s denim couture Nina Ricci number and sensually ruched Christopher Esber dress.
Now, Chopra is paying homage to another romcom with her style choices, opting for an A-line white halter neck dress that is seemingly taken out of Marilyn Monroe’s iconic New York-set cult classic, The Seven Year Itch.
Arriving at The View studios in Lincoln Square, the actress seemingly recreated a scene out of the 1955 film by stepping over a sewer grate in her patent leather pumps.
It’s not exactly as iconic as the shot of Monroe’s dress flying above her head while standing on a subway grates, but this innocuous homage to the source material is something only a dramaturge is capable of.
For the occasion, the 40-year-old opted for a conservative variation of Monroe’s iconic pleated look. The ankle-grazing dress featured a plunging neckline and experimental twisted back detail contrasting the open-back design.
A contemporary variety we’re sure Marilyn would’ve approved of herself. Paralleling Monroe’s own signature bouffant curls, Chopra kept in keeping with the iconic look by opting for soft, blown-out and salon-worthy waves. A brunette bombshell, indeed.
The star also looked to Australia (again) for her press-tour ensembles by choosing a pair of sunglasses from Sydney-based eyewear label Le Specs.
The ‘Serpens Link’ style is from the brand’s collaboration with Missoma and features metal hardware adorned with circular pearlescent detailing.
Given that Monroe’s look in the film is one of the most enduring images of the 20th Century—and one that has saturated the cultural zeitgeist—Chopra’s modern-day Marilyn tribute is befitting for her New York romantic rendezvous.
Just be careful not to step over any subway grates…
