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(Left) Jean departed from her usual custom of wearing only black and white for evening and bought that devastating icy-green satin formal gown. The shirred bodice front is both very fashionable and very becoming. (Right) The back view. The wide shoulder straps (they're called bretelles) execute a loop-the-loop in the center of the Harlow back and fasten at the waistline with jewelled buckles. (Above) That small dark hat of Jean's is black stitched velvet.
Jean's clothes show emotions. They live and breathe with her." Which, after all, is the highest compliment a noted dress designer can pay a woman.
Now, mind you, I'm not intimating that all of us should follow the Harlow style. As a matter of fact, very few of us can. What looks outstandingly smart on her would make me, for instance, look as if I were striking a pose. Jean's favorite dinner dress is one she calls a "nun's frock." It's long and black with a white top having a boat-shaped neckline and she wears a large ebony cross with it. Fancy any rollicking sports girl or merry-eyed minx in an outfit like that !
BUT there are a great many things about Jean's wardrobe that will prove of benefit to every woman in choosing clothes. Notice the utter simplicity of these gowns in which she's pictured. Not a frill among them.
'T'd rather have a few dresses of very fine material than a whole closetfull of fussy, cheap-looking things," Jean summed up her style creed. "At the most, I buy but six costumes a season — usually two black crepe street frocks, a dinner and a restaurant dress and two evening gowns. My wardrobe is never a large one. I didn't even buy a wedding trousseau. For one thing, I didn't have the time and for another I was satisfied with what I had. I find you don't tire of anything that is lovely in quality and line. It saves you money in the long run to get a good dress of which you're always proud and use it for two or three years. I'm not a bit ashamed to say that most of the things hanging here now are several vears old." Which reminded me immediately of a very amusing incident that occurred at a premiere Jean attended last winter. She had on an exquisite satin gown, an original Vionnet model. Another movie celebrity, noted
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