Screenland (Nov 1937-Apr 1938)

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By Linn Lambert And I'm perfectly satisfied, because that's the sort of person I feel I am inside." So, my children, if there's no Adrian in your life, go into a huddle with yourself and decide what type of clothes would best suit your innermost thoughts, capitalize upon your shortcomings, and see what happens. With Joan Crawford, it is quite another story : Joan's outstanding characteristic is ambition, and this has motivated her Lombard, famous for taking life with a laugh, nevertheless -rakes her career as a glamour girl intensely seriously. That's why she's a success at it. Joan Crawford, left, extends valuable advice on this business of being soigne. Fay Wray, at left below, used to be "that girl in the blue suit. ' Now she works hard at sophistication. radical change in appearance from the little hot-cha dancing girl to the sleek sinuous charmer she now is. Adrian says of her : "No movie star can start a fashion trend as quickly and definitely as Crawford. She is the most copied star in Hollywood." Years ago, Joan adored tight waists and full skirts, as some of you may remember. These were all wrong for her, but loving them the way she did, it was very difficult for her to bow to Adrian's edict and change to flowing picturesque afternoon gowns, or extreme broad-shouldered tweeds (By the way, Joan's shoulders are that broad; there's never any paddingused.) But her intelligence and ambition won out and she obediently wore whatever was suggested. Result: One of ourtop ranking candidates for the soigne set of Hollywood. Joan's advice for girls who wish to be well dressed at all times, is: "Never trust your own judgment. If you can't afford a professional fashion counsellor, go to someone whose taste is unimpeachable, and adhere strictly to their advice, no matter what your personal wishes are." Now as to 'Suivez-Moi' Dietrich : Of course you've all heard that Marlene calls those long flowing veils which she wears on her hats 'suivez-moi' (follow me). The Dietrich of today doesn't need a veil to beckon her many admirers of both sexes, but time was when such an airy accoutrement would have looked absurd on her. I mean when she first came to Hollywood. Von Sternberg brought her into the Paramount publicity offices, after haying cabled that he was bringing them a genius. She proved a distinct shock to those who beheld her that first day. Try to imagine the present-day gossamer, slumbrous Dietrich as she appeared that day, seven years ago : Eleven o'clock in the morning on {Please tarn to page 73) 23