History & Culture
The British Blonde: Monroe's influence on 1950s Britain
National Portrait Gallery · St. Martin's Pl, London WC2H 0HE
16 July 2026
£10 (£8 members/concessions)
A talk tracing how Marilyn Monroe's image crossed the Atlantic and reshaped what 1950s Britain considered glamorous, turning postwar rationing into peroxide-blonde aspiration. It's a story less about Hollywood glory and more about how far an image can travel.
The British Blonde: Monroe's influence on 1950s Britain
National Portrait Gallery