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By Travilla
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Triivilla, talented young designer for the stars at 20th Century-Fox, talks about the girl who looks best in simple, easy ■ to wear clothes.)
CASUAL Clothes are com for ta hitclothes. They are for the girl who likes the out-of-doors, short haircuts and very little makeup. They are for the girl who is active, who likes low-heeled shoes, who takes big steps.
They Are Young, these wearable clothes . . . not in the obvious way of pinafores and pin curls, but young in simplicity arid case. Betsy Drake is exactly this type of girl. As soon as she finished "Dancing In The Dark," she cut her hair shorter and acquired a sun tan. Betsy is so active she's uncomfortable in very narrow skirts and extremely high heels.
It Would Be Wrong to dress Betsy Drake as I might dress Ann Sheridan or Joan Crawford. Her role in this picture didn'l demand this lyr>e of wardrobe. Iiul her personality demanded it. She plays the part of an actress who is hired by a studio and dropped because she has no talent. She goes to New York for stage exfrerience and is spotted by a talent sCOul from the studio that let her
Far Left: Betsy Drake prefers a suit like this high -collared royal blue gabardine with a doublebreasted jacket and full skirt for easy walking.
Left: Perfect for her type is Betsy's slateblue suit of sheer wool. The bolero is softly tailored and the skirt, graceful and flattering.
Right: With a dubonnet tweed skirt, notched at the waistband and deeply pleated, Betsy wears a gray cashmere sweater and dubonnet accessories.
go. There's a great to-do when this new '"discovery" is sent back to the studio, but the executives are furious when they learn she is the same girlthey had fired. In the end, however, she convinces them she has acquired acting skill and she goes on to screen stardom. The wardrobe for the girl in the picture might have been quite fashionably sophisticated but I think it is more important to dress a player's personality whenever the role
permits it.
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What You Wear
should be determined by what you are. How many times have you heard the
Betsy's gown in "Dancing In The Dark," is green blue taffeta. The bodice is trimmed with folds forming a shawl collar in back. Long gloves match the gown.
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