ICONIC EPISODE: LUCY GOES TO MEXICO
CURTOR’S NOTE: “This Lucy Ricardo (Lucille Ball) costume is the only one known to have survived I Love Lucy or The Lucy-Desi C.omedy Hour It was worn 37 out of 50 minutes on ‘Lucy Goes to Mexico,’ one of the last episodes filmed before she and husband Desi Arnaz, Sr. divorced—and the famous duos of Ricky & Lucy and Fred & Ethel would never reunite again. The Lucy human hair wig exhibits crude sewing repairs to its lace foundation, and her wig maker Marie Skaien shared that Lucy was known to make such repairs herself while watching TV to save a few bucks. The wig was discovered stu ff ed deep inside a hat that daughter Lucie Arnaz donated in the early 1990s to a charity auction. Lucy’s familiar dot dress is what Hard Rock Cafe founding archivist Warwick Stone would call a ‘going to church’ piece: ‘You recognize it from across the room and you just go quiet.’” - James Comisar
Lucy Ricardo
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