The gold dress worn by Baroness Elsa Schraeder in The Sound of Music is a stunning example of 1960s elegance with a 1930s flair. Designed by Dorothy Jeakins, the film's costume designer, The gold dress worn by Baroness Elsa Schraeder in The Sound of Music is a stunning example of 1960s elegance with a 1930s flair. Designed by Dorothy Jeakins, the film's costume designer, Eleanor Parker as Baroness Elsa Schraeder and Christopher Plummer as Georg von Trapp in "The Sound of Music" (1965) The stunning pale gold gown was designed by the legendary costume designer Dorothy The fashion symbolism in "The Sound of Music" by JoAnn a dame like me