Photoplay (Jan-Jun 1952)

It’s all right to be comfortable, says Sheilah, but how far should a movie star go — casual! idea of a well-dressed woman is one who wears the right clothes for the occasion. With this on the record, I’ll go ahead and tell you which movie stars, in my opinion, are the worst dressed in Hollywood— all ten of ’em. And in this order — Rita Hayworth, Shelley Winters, Bette Davis, Jane Russell, Betty Grable, Susan Hayward, Pier Angeli, Esther Williams, Lana Turner and Janet Leigh. Rita Hayworth will go down in dress designing history as the most un-chic Princess of our time. Her sartorial coat of arms is a pair of levis rampant. Her slogan — “Comfort and Convenience.” Every woman who has suffered to look beautiful knows the comfort of that something she saves for the days and nights when she is alone at home. For to look fashionable — and a movie star should — you have to suffer in varying degrees, depending on your decade. Just as it was a chic necessity to compress a bosom in the ’twenties, now in the ’fifties you must pinch in the waistline. But Rita, half Spanish, all languid, reserves her glamour for her pictures. And she hasn’t made one for three years. A few days ago I saw Rita walking into a conference with Harry ( Continued on page 98) A shapeless coat and slacks are all right— occasionally. Rut on Shelley Winters, they’ve become a trademark 59