Audrey Hepburn at Embassy Ball in My Fair Lady (1964) Marilyn Monroe in a white dress Marilyn Monroe in Seven Year Itch (1955) Marilyn in Korea (1954)	Woman in White    Mario de Biasi, Italians Turn Their Heads, Milan (1954) She walks toward a crowd of eyes— dozens of men staring at her on a busy street in Milan. She's no ordinary lady but Moira Orfei— circus queen of Italy— elephant trainer, lion tamer, star in forty films seducing Samson and Hercules— such is her worldwide fame & legend. Mario de Biasi's 1954 photo is full of curves— bumper of the car and scooter, the cropped bicycle tire, heads of the men, walk of the woman, curved C's in the ZUCCA sign— Italian meaning for pumpkin and an empty head. Now I recall all eyes gazing at Audrey Hepburn's Eliza dressed in white at Embassy Ball dancing with the prince in My Fair Lady, and men ogling at Marilyn in white wherever she went— in Seven Year Itch & by soldiers in Korea. Famous paintings— Whistler's Girl in White and Renoir's Dance at Bougival— swirling in white at Boston Museum of Fine Arts. But my favorite is another Renoir in the room— Children at the Seashore— a girl in white with smile of an angel.         — Peter Y. Chou             Mountain View, 7-25-2019	Moira Orfei Italy's Circus Queen James Abbott Whistler The Girl in White (1862) National Gallery of Art Pierre-Auguste Renoir Dance at Bougival (1883) Boston Museum of Fine Arts Pierre-Auguste Renoir Children at the Seashore (1883) Boston Museum of Fine Arts