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FASHION EDITOR'S SPECIAL— One suit style is all it takes for Kay Thompson—
who plays Maggie Prescott, editor of a slick fashion magazine, "Quality," in the
film "Funny Face"—l6 express chic. Designer Edith Head has the one-suit idea,
however, expressed in many fabrics and versions. Left is a black Lesur wool
suit with a handkerchief linen blouse. Right, the same suit in oatmeal and
white tweed, lined ifi white, with a white Irish linen blouse.
FASHION NOTEBOOK
World of Fashion
Is Now in Pictures
By ELENI
LOS ANGELES, Calif., Nov.
17. —Two not-yet released
films, "Designing Woman” and
“Funny Face,” are going to be
Just about the longest fash
ion shows on the screen ever
viewed by women, we were
told.
Clothes not only take top
billing In them but the sub
ject matter Is the fashion
world.
This was brought out at a
Fashion Group luncheon held
last week for the visiting fash
ion editors. Btaged by the Mo
tion Picture Designers Guild
In conjunction with the Fash
ion Group, the luncheon fea
tured Vincent Price “If I
wasn’t an art expert before
going on the (64,000 Challenge
12 weeks ago I am now” as
guest speaker. A special show
ing of fashion costumes from
several current and as yet un
released pictures was another
part of the program.
Edith Head of Paramount,
who has done the costumes for
“Funny Face,” did the com
mentary for the show. Pres
ent at the head table were
Howard Shoup of RKO, Helen
Rose of MGM, Bill Thomas of
Universal, Dorothy Jeakins of
Allied Artists, Mary Wills of
20th Century, Jean Louis of
Columbia, Walter Plunkett of
MGM. Moss Mabry of War
ner’s, and Eddie Stevenson, TV
designer.
Designer Also Artist
The fashion designer,
pointed out Vincent Price, Is
also an artist of his time as
much as the poet, the painter,
or the writer. He or she may
reveal in clothing design a re
flection of the times we live In
and in many ways record this
for future history.
In her commentary Edith
Head paid tribute to the
screen designers who create
the fashion beauty that flashes
across screens of the Nation.
We saw Dorothy Jeakins’
1860 Quaker costume of gray
Italian silk for Dorothy Mc-
Guire in "Friendly Persuasion.”
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would not settle for less than
the best.
Diana Dors wears several of
Howard Shoup’s creations in
"I Married a Woman.” One
brought the house down when
it was shown to the fashion
editors. Os black Alix Jersey,
the seductive negligee was slit
to the hip.
Lampooning fashion, the
audience roared when they saw
Eddie Stevenson’s outfit for
one of Lucille Ball’s shows. It
was made from potato sacks
with the dropped blouse Sack
line. Her hat was a feed bag.
Tojis it looked like the latest
thing they’re sponsoring In
Paris.
Real Hits
But It’s “Designing Woman”
with costumes by Helen Rose,
and "Funny Face” with cos
tumes by Edith Head, that
judging from the originals we
saw will really cause com
ment.
The fashion editors present
really enjoyed seeing the n’ew
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way a film designer envisions
their wardrobes. “A fashion
editor can do no wrong,” says
Edith Head, and designs ac
cordingly. Her Maggie Pres
cott (Kay Thompson plays
the part) is the editor of a
slick fashion periodical, “Qual
ity.” Os course it’s meant to
be very voguish and bazaarish
in tone. Kay’s wardrobe in the
film is keyed to represent her
smartness, intelligence and
originality.
How is this achieved—one
suit does the trick. One suit
style, that is, made up in
gray flannel, tweed, black wool
and other fabrics. The three
button, box-jacketed suit is
worn with the same style
blouse made up in every fabric
conceivable. All button down
the back and possess a high
crushed neckline.
Edith Head follows a fash
ion format and carries it right
through to tne evening when
her fashion editor wears a var
iation of the same style suit
again. This time it’s red chif
fon with the skirt draped, the
coat in the same color in
starched chiffon, and the chif
fon blouse with the high
crushed neckline also in red.
Dull—not the least. Many's
the newspaper fashion editor
who was ready to drop her
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FOR AFTERNOON AND EVENING —The gray flannel suit (left), worn with a
blouse of white chalk crepe embroidered in jeweled orders of silver, chalk white
and pearls, has the same material for the lining. For evening the suit is made
up in red chiffon (right). The skirt is softly draped and the coat is of the same
color in starched chiffon. The blouse with this suit, as with the others, features
a high, rolling, almost sweater look at the neck.
deadlines at that point and
try out for the movies.
In “Designing Woman,”
Helen Rose has Lauren Bacall
playing a fashion designer who
marries a sportswriter, played
by Gregory Peck. Helen Rose
herself furnished the idea for
the plot which involves the
designer’s marrying the sports
writer and not telling him she's
in the fashion business. In
it Peck, who hates fashion,
says “a fashion show is a sort
of pagan ritual—a ceremonial
dance, where the faithful sit
around sipping tea (ours serve
luncheon) and worshipping
clothes.”
The clothes for this film
that we saw are just about
the most sensational film fash
ions ever. One formal gown of
emerald green velvet with a
bell skirt was particularly strik
ing.
Another chartreuse evening
sheath of satin with the hal
ter neck criss-crossing at the
throatline and a harem-style
back flounce at knee-height
was described as ;' a dress to
make every other gal turn a
matching shade.” Another
laugh-getting description was
so true. “It's the kind of dress
every woman hates to see on
anybody but herself.”
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