TIL In 1952, the press criticized Marilyn Monroe on her red dress stating that she looked like she was in a potato sack. Few days later she responded with a photo of her in a potato sack dress
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Hollywood Flashback: Marilyn Monroe Posed in a Potato Sack 70 Years Ago
As one story goes, a columnist described one of the actress' looks as "tacky and vulgar" and added that she would have been better served wearing "a potato sack," so the Twentieth Century Fox PR department capitalized on the moment.Seth Abramovitch (The Hollywood Reporter)
