In 1950 while under contract with Columbia Pictures, Lucille Ball starred in the slapstick comedy The Fuller Brush Girl. Lucy plays Sally Elliot opposite Eddie Albert’s Humphrey Briggs who both work for a steamship company. After getting fired, Lucy’s character tries to sell Fuller Brush cosmetics.
In a disguise at a burlesque show, Lucille wears this champagne-colored off the shoulder silk bardot blouse. Created by Academy Award winning French-American costume designer Jean Louis, the blouse features a ruched bodice and waistband, elastic neckline and cuffs with zipper and hook-and-eye closures in the back. The interior retains the original Columbia studio label with “L. Ball” written in pen.
