Man who 'never got the grades' takes over arcade with Hollywood show

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The ambitious art exhibition includes replicas of gowns from The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind, and Legally Blonde

A hairdresser who 'never got the grades for fashion college' took on the painstaking task of hand-stitching exact replicas of some of the most famous dresses from the silver screen. Mark Taylor, 45, from Southport , meticulously sewed a dozen of the most memorable movie gowns - from Dorothy's blue pinafore in The Wizard of Oz to Elle Woods' bright pink suit in Legally Blonde - over the course of a year.

Orlando Bloom spotted enjoying night in Liverpool ahead of Comic Con There is so much live music in Liverpool - it's made me fall in love with the city Mark said: 'I have always sewn as a hobby for as long as I can remember. From the age of 12 I started. My mum used to get a magazine called Essentials, which was a home magazine, and she used to give me the sewing pattern with a bedsheet or a pair of old curtains from a charity shop. 'I gradually progressed from cushions and dungarees into costumes.

 

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