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Talking Pictures
she can take. And frequently preoccupations keep her from studying clothes closely enough to know exactly what is best for her.
"But she can see a picture which stars a woman of her type. Let us assume that she is the general size and coloration of Joan Crawford. She sees carefully made clothes on which many hours of thought have been expended. She sees perfect accessories to go with these clothes. She can sit back in her chair and make an easy decision as to how that sort of grooming might suit her.
"As a whole, I think it can be safely said that American women have never been better dressed than they are today. Certainly average feminine grooming is far above what it was five years ago. It is my opinion that the films may take a goodly portion of the credit for this fact."
Recently the author addressed three hundred students at a college. Fifty-three girls of those present wore the attractive coiffure of Norma Shearer in her characterization of "Juliet." Miss Shearer, in her turn, had adopted the hairdress from one appearing in a Renaissance fresco by Fra Angelico.
Appearances of stars in costumes of ancient days have brought into style many modes which might not otherwise have been revived. Motion pictures are undoubtedly responsible for the touches from the nineteenth, eighteenth, seventeenth, sixteenth, and even fifteenth centuries one sees in the dresses of women of today. A certain bodice line worn by Katharine Hepburn as Mary of Scotland has appeared on many current evening dresses. Romeo and Juliet is credited
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