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on the boulevard
Arlene Dahl of “Ambush” designed her sea-green brocade evening dress, with heavy folds draped over the bosom
that night), strolled through the Montgomerys’ charming house — chock-full of the fine furniture which George makes.
If Hollywood — in fact, most of California— never contributed anything else to the general fashion picture, we deserve a great big bow for taking the casual dress and suit that are usually marked “for spectator sports only” and making them the most generally beloved and useful clothes of all. Today, the casual look can be anything from a tweed ensemble to a two-piece woolly, the top half of which might be gold lame or a bespangled blouse that would take this formerly strictly daytime outfit right through dinner. A charming example of this was the suit Sally Forrest was wearing while dining at La Rue with Jerome Courtland. It was of worsted with a close-fitting bodice and the skirt softly box-pleated from the hips
down. Over it went a loose-fitting boxy jacket in a brighter amethyst shade, of a wonderful medium-weight tweed. Sally’s tiny purple hat and gloves and brown alligator bag and pumps completed her chic look. Jerry gave her an extra look, too. But Sally sort of has to share him with little Terry Moore these evenings.
Janet Leigh was there the same night with Arthur Loew Jr., wearing a divinely slim dress of brown velvet. Janet’s semitailored dress had a little matching jacket of the same material with huge bat-wing lapels. The thing that struck us were the striking bright yellow accessories of soft suede.
Saw little Vera-Ellen a few nights later also in velvet. Her slim blue suit had a tight-fitting jacket which featured a double, flat peplum. With it she wore a dressy white brocade silk blouse. Everybody’s saying that if “On the Town” doesn’t make a star of Vera, “Three Little Words” (in which she dances with Fred Astaire) will.
Something worth noting is a new line of semi-dressy clothes designed by Wanda Jackson. They’re made of a specially created woven wool and sheer tweeds, mostly combined with metallic threads in various designs. These dresses can go anywhere from morning till night. Wanda Hendrix has one in a raspberry sheer wool that looks knitted, but isn’t. It has narrow bands of gold thread running horizontally across the top. The skirt is soft, plain and full.
One evening we dined at the Beachcombers with Lana Turner and Bob Topping, Sonja Henie and Winnie Gardiner. Lana looked stunning in a draped black crepe cocktail dress with three large twisted gold pins, lavishly studded with pearls, across the bodice of her dress. Lana and Bob will soon be neighbors of the Gardiners on account of that fabulous estate they’ve just bought a small way down the road.
Out at the studio they’ve redone Esther Williams’s dressing room. And, appropriately enough, it’s all in aqua-blue colors. To celebrate the new decor, the Williams gal got herself a luscious, chiffon dance frock, combining several of the aqua and even deeper marine shades. The bodice drapes softly over the bosom (Ben doesn’t like Esther to wear low-cut dresses) , and fits snugly around the waist. The skirt must have a million gores, its folds comprise so many shades of blue.
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