Gone With the Wind

Always determined to be rich, Katie Scarlett O’Hara Hamilton Kennedy™ agrees to marry Captain Rhett Butler™, the dashing multimillionaire she once spurned. With the largest diamond ring in Atlanta on her hand, Scarlett and Rhett board a first-class steamer to New Orleans for a magnificent honeymoon of lavish dining and extravagant shopping. Giddy with excitement, she marvels aloud at “how rich we are.” This stunning dress, purchased on her honeymoon, is one of many indulgences that will mark her new life of luxury.

The recent birth of his daughter Bonnie Blue has inspired new feelings of tenderness in Rhett Butler™. His wife Scarlett, on the other hand, is preoccupied with the loss of her eighteen-and-a-half-inch waistline and with thoughts of her old crush Ashley Wilkes™. When Scarlett rejects Rhett’s loving embrace, he understands her true meaning only too well. In an instant, any promise of martial bliss is gone with the wind–just like the Old South.

Rushing into marriage to her first husband, Charles Hamilton, Scarlett has no time to have a dress made and must wear her mother’s wedding gown. It’s not a perfect fit for a bride with the “smallest waist in three counties,” but Scarlett manages to make the gown her own.

When rumors fly of a kiss between Scarlett and Ashley, Rhett is overcome with jealousy. That night, he forces a reluctant Scarlett to appear at Ashley’s birthday party, looking forward to her humiliation. Rhett is shocked when the ever-trusting and kind Melanie welcomes Scarlett with true Southern hospitality. Despite Melanie’s compassion, Rhett refuses to drop the issue and confronts his wife later that night. Fiery words soon ignite hot passion as Rhett sweeps Scarlett off her feet.