Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1963)

Continued from page 40 France, say. Or Belgium. As a symbol of — well, the richness of the woman. A lovely headdress — diadem-shaped — from which hangs a simple veil of silk tulle. “For jewelry— I would suggest pearls, and pearls only. Pearl earrings. The kind of thing I feel Elizabeth Taylor would wear on such an occasion. “The hands, of course, should be gloved. One white camellia “And for flowers — well, I almost would visualize her carrying a prayer book instead of a bouquet. Of course, this is up to her — a choice of how she wants to use her hands. But I would suggest a prayerbook. With, possibly, a single white camellia attached to it. To me the camellia is symbolic of the Drama, and, consequently, of the actress in the woman; and, too, it is one of the most elegant of flowers. “That’s the word, yes — the key word here. I would want to make Elizabeth Taylor look extremely elegant for this, her wedding. “I know, there are people who immediately will say that she cannot look elegant — that she is shortish and voluptuous and that her body does not lend itself to the elegant look. But this is not true. It is true that she isn’t the typical model type — you know, the starved figure ■ — the fashion ideal. “But Elizabeth Taylor is typical of the feminine ideal. “And there is an inherent elegance in that. And that is the kind of elegance that I would like to stress here. . . Our second designer, Mme. Dache — the chic and charming, the irrepressible and very-French Lilly, who said to us the other day: “I awoke at 4:20 this morning and I saw it — immediately — this beautiful wedding dress I would design for Elizabeth. “I saw first the headdress. A hooded cape, really. Which would cover the lower half of the face. Because she must be a little coy, Elizabeth. A little demure. A little afraid of the world, almost ashamed to the world because of all the publicity of this past year. Except, of course, that the eyes will show — just those beauti ful violet melting eyes, those mysterious eyes— and those eyes will say, ‘Yes, I do care— but still I am my self!’ The effect is pristine in feeling. In fact, to add to the pristine, we will fasten the cape at the side of the face with a bouquet of liliesof-the-valley. Yes? For a note of ingenuity. And, to contrast, on the other side of the face an earring will show. Very large. And loaded with jewels. She’s mad about jewels, as you know. Jewels — she adores them. So — gold and yellow diamonds. “About the dress now — I envision it made of silk chiffon. Vibrant orange. With a bodice, draped. Empire. This, too — pristine. And then, again for contrast — for a feeling of the double entendre — I see . . . the pants. “Yes. Pants! Which peer charmingly from beneath the dress. Knee pants of — leopard. They must be leopard. To signify the whole Roman affair with Burton. When she wore the leopard so often. In the restaurants, the nightclubs, the cafes ... Of course, there was nothing discreet about the way she wore it then. She had the whole head of a leopard on her head for a hat — it looked. And she carried a leopard bag, large — carried it all during this ‘quiet’ love affair in Rome. And the coat — so completely leopard. But now, for the marriage, the effect will be softened. And we will use it only in the pants. And — perhaps — as a border to the headdress. Yes — that will be nice, don’t you think? “This, by the way, is not all meant to be extreme. Because Elizabeth can wear anything— absolutely anything, my dear. Her clothes are never too quiet or restrained. Her dresses recently, for instance, are very short. And decollete. And the colors are always strong — bright reds, blues, greens. But she never looks ridiculous. She always looks beautiful. “Do I know Elizabeth? Let me say that I have served her. She has bought things here at the salon. I haven’t sized her up, however. I can’t in, so short a time. But I think she is absolutely exquisite. “She is, yes, of course, also one of the most-criticized women of our time. “They say she is spoiled, Elizabeth. But why shouldn’t she be? I mean to say, how could she not help Jout be? She has been spoiled ever since she was a child. She was a child actress, star — and you can imagine what that must be like. Anyway, I think the word spoiled is wrong in her case. I think she is not spoiled — hut comble. You know? Endowed by God with everything — form, magnificent face — everything— so that she is bound to be unique . . . different . . . apart from the rest. “That she acts like a modern Cleopatra as some people say — well, I think it CORRECTION Photoplay magazine regrets that in the April, 1963 issue, “Now Liz Poses Nude" inaccurately referred to “Liz Taylor’s stripping down and posing nude for old-friend Roddy McDowall, in Playboy magazine.” Mr. McDowall’s photographs of Miss Taylor were in the costumes she wears in the movie, “Cleopatra." The nude photographs of Miss Taylor were by other photographers. Photoplay sincerely apologizes to Mr. McDowall for this error. Quick Money Maker 100 YEAR NITE LITE amazing new concept makes it possible for this Nite-Lite to burn for 100 years without touching it again. Every home needs one. 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