Oscar-nominated Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris movie costume on display...

In Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris, Lesley Manville plays a widowed cleaning lady in 1957 London who becomes enamoured with her client's beautiful haute couture dress by Christian Dior which inspires her to take all her savings and her war widow's pension and travel to Paris to buy her very own Dior dress. This movie is an adaptation of Paul Gallico's 1958 novel, Mrs. 'Arris Goes to Paris directed by Anthony Fabian and received an Oscar nomination for Jenny Beavan for Best Costume Design.

Ravissant dress from Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris

This floral embellished "Ravissant" dress is what inspired 'Mrs. Ada Harris' to buy her own Dior dress in the comedy-drama and was photographed on display at Downtown L.A.'s FIDM Museum on March 7, 2023.

This was Jenny Beavan's twelfth Academy Award nomination for Best Costume Design and she's already won three Oscars for A Room with a View, Mad Max: Fury Road and Cruella.

This year's Oscar winner was Ruth Carter for her Black Panther: Wakanda Forever costumes, plus other nominees were Catherine Martin for these Elvis movie costumes, Mary Zophres for these Babylon movie costumes and Shirley Kurata for these Everything Everywhere All at Once costumes.

Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris movie poster