Photoplay (Jul-Dec 1948)

Party Promenade (Continued from page 61) noon at producer Joe Pasternak’s house. Mocambo and the adjoining Champagne Room had been taken over for the affair and the walls of both restaurants were literally lined with gardenias. The most beautifully gowned gal at the whole party was undoubtedly Nora Flynn. Errol wasn’t with her, but his “stand-in” (for parties anyway) Bruce Cabot was dancing her around in her soft blue, floaty costumfe of net — yards and yards of it. Over this skirt starting at the waistline was a draped-tothe-back bustle effect of soft blue satin. The form-fitting bodice was of blue satin too. She’s wearing her hair short and fluffy, as are most Hollywood belles these days. Nora’s given its blondness a reddish tint. This summer, day clothes seem to be all-of-a-tone. White with white, black with black, natural with natural, etc. White is just about the most popular in everything from linens to wools — with cool and chic looking black a close second. Aside from clasping a real flower to pearl chokers or ribbons about the neck, as we told you so many of the gals are doing, “something new has been added.” With the mad yearning that all the femmes seem to have for diamond chokers and diamond necklaces, ’way out of reach for most of the belles in this world, the Hollywood glamour-pusses have found sort of a “substitute.” Myrna Dell started it when she clasped her two diamond clips to a strand of small pearls (all one size pearls — not graduated). She then went herself one better by buying a double strand of very small pearls and attaching one clip to the upper strand (at the center of her neck) and the other to the lower strand — a little off side. Even with good rhinestone clips, the effect is stunning when worn like this. A knockout hot weather outfit is the allblack, day-through-evening costume that Doris Day has. It’s a raven silk black Shantung, a rather tailored dress (with tiny sleeves) buttoning with tinv brilliants right down the front from the high neckline to the waist. Skirt, calf length, is softly flared. The dressiness of the jeweled buttons is offset by a free -swinging short jacket (collarless) with soft push-up sleeves. With dead white gloves — or any brightly colored ones — this looks so smart, with or without a hat. Such an outfit, with simple, striking accessories, always manages to look casual and ultra at the same time. It is especially good with a big black cartwheel hat. Paramount’s designer, Edith Head, says that the shorter skirts are already here and that this year’s fashions by end of fall will be totally passe again! Now we ask you! According to Edith, Eastern girls have already well started the up-swing, with summer fashions remaining long for evening resort wear (ballet length mostly) but the new wools for fall have shorter, slimmer skirts. She’s already designing Gail Russell’s clothes for new productions with this in mind. . . . Speaking of Gail, she breezed into the Brovoi Derby for lunch in a collarless cap-sleeved dress of white wool jersey that was a real stunner. It would be ideal in any color for fall, winter or any season with or without coats. The rather snug bodice was long-waisted, buttoned down the front with self-covered buttons. The skirt was circular and calflength. For a color note, she wore an antique gold mesh belt, rather wide and with a big antique gold buckle. She also wore an antique gold pin at her shoulder and a gold charm bracelet from which dangled everything but a set of dishes, making a lot of smart noises. This is a really good basic dress for all kinds of jewelry and accessories. You can make a complete “change of costiune,” if you just wear a bright scarf or himk of colored fabric as a belt, cummerbund fashion. Ann Blyth is a play-clothes gal. She has a three-piece outfit of green, black and white stripes of gay cotton pique. The flowing ballerina length skirt with stripes is worn with a short fitted blouse of black cotton. The strapless bathing-suit part of the ensemble has a halter neckline and its material matches the striped skirt. Therefore, when the bathing-suit top is worn with the skirt, and the black cotton blouse put aside, it’s also “another dress.” You just can’t underestimate the value of cotton these days — and nights. There’s that semi-formal gown of June Allyson’s — with its voluminous skirt of white organdy appliqued with leaves and flowers of dead white cotton lace. At the waist there are bunches of bright yellow jonquils. And peeping out from underneath the ballet-length skirt is a petticoat flounced with yards of deep eyelet embroidery. A fold of white pique at the top of the bodice forms a low square-cut neckline, while the bodice is high in the back. 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