1 9 4 6 . ▁ ▁Madame ▁Barbara ▁Kar in ska , ▁the ▁famous ▁cost um iere , ▁was ▁engaged ▁to ▁execute ▁the ▁cost ume ▁designs ▁of ▁Tom ▁Ke og h . ▁ ▁" One ▁of ▁Jud y ' s ▁eight ▁cost ume ▁designs ," ▁said ▁Ke og h , ▁" was ▁a ▁rep lica ▁of ▁an ▁ 1 8 3 0 ▁W orth ▁g own . ▁ ▁It ▁cost ▁$ 3 , 4 6 2 . 2 3 ▁to ▁make . ▁ ▁Another ▁was ▁a ▁white ▁sat in ▁wed ding ▁dress , ▁with ▁hand made ▁ant ique ▁la ce ▁from ▁France ▁and ▁emb roid ered ▁with ▁a ▁thousand ▁p ear ls ; ▁it ▁cost ▁$ 3 , 3 1 3 . 1 2 . ▁ ▁Each ▁of ▁the ▁girl ' s ▁cost umes ▁had ▁five ▁p ett ico ats ▁and ▁all ▁the ▁emb roid ery ▁was ▁done ▁by ▁hand . ▁ ▁The ▁total ▁w ard ro be ▁cost ▁was ▁$ 1 4 1 , 5 9 5 . 3 0 ." ▁ ▁Le ading ▁man ▁Gene ▁Kelly ▁approached ▁his ▁role ▁with ▁enthus ias m . ▁ ▁His ▁inspir ations ▁for ▁the ▁character ▁of ▁S era fin ▁were ▁his ▁boy hood ▁cinema ▁hero es : ▁the ▁sw ash bu ck ling ▁athlet ic ism ▁of ▁Douglas ▁Fair b anks ▁and ▁the ▁ham my ▁fl am boy ance ▁of ▁John ▁Barry more . ▁ ▁He ▁was ▁also ▁eager ▁to ▁express ▁his ▁character ization ▁through ▁dance ▁on ▁film , ▁using ▁bal let ▁more ▁than ▁he