ABOVE: Rose's dress from Titanic appears in the collection

Many of last night's guests struggled to pick one favourite costume in the V&A's lavish exhibition. "Obviously I would have loved to have designed Dorothy's blue and white dress in The Wizard of Oz," said the costume designer behind the Titanic, Deborah L. Scott. "But mainly it's just so gratifying - and so surprising - to be honoured among film's greatest artists and designers. After all of the work that went into Titanic and all the research of period clothing for high and low society, it's lovely to think that people still recognise Rose's dress."

The Hollywood Costume exhibition, sponsored by Harry Winston, opens at the V&A opens this Saturday (20 October) and includes costumes from Batman Returns, The Artist, Gone With the Wind and others. To book tickets visit vam.ac.uk/hollywoodcostume.

Words: Sophie Haslett, Photos: Rex Features

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