As waistlines slim, as skirts swing out, there's a return to the tailored dress. You'll wear it in pretty much the way you wear a suit-under your winter coat while the snow flies, on its own when spring sunshine warms the city pavements. And you'll wear it in suit colors- blacks, navies, neutrals, dusty pastels.
In a Defenders episode, "Comeback," to be aired on CBS, Thanksgiving, television, stage and screen actress Viveca Lindfors will wear some marvelous clothes by young New York fashion-designer Eric Lund. Lund's designs have great style and cut and they accentuate the glamorous look of a great star, the role portrayed by Viveca in the show. All the clothes shown except the blue dress and turban-are from his latest collection and are available in stores around the country.
ABOVE: Viveca wearing Lund's mushroom- pleated, mobile wool-linen dress with huge turtle-neck collar and three-quarter sleeves. She places a huge gold-and- pearl pin at the collar; her crushed kid gloves are the color of heavy cream.
BELOW: a dress and hat Viveca wears in the drama. Pale blue silk-crepe dress with simple slashed neckline draped with blue-and-gray anthracite beads. The softly bloused, dropped waistline is loosely tied with a sash. Her matching draped silk turban is also by Lund.
Miss Lindfors in a scene-stealing gray squirrel tunic over gray wool-jersey dress. The dress is a shift with long cuffed sleeves and a round collar. The V-necked tunic is seven-eighths length with slit pockets at each hip.
A glorious evening gown made up of thousands of lacquered black coq feathers. It's strapless and falls straight to the floor with just a suggestion of fit at the waist. Her headdress is a tri-cornered black satin scarf fringed with the same coq feathers. Black kid gloves -long drop earrings.
Yards and yards of pale-gray silk chiffon for a gown with a most ethereal air. The jewel neckline and cuffs of the long, full sleeves are heavily encrusted with pearl and silver beads. Dress is perfectly beautiful whether it is worn loose and flowing or tied at the waist with a sash of chiffon. All slippers on these two pages by Silvia of Fiorentina. All gloves by Kislav. Viveca's "snob" hair- do-cut quite short and brushed straight back-is by Leslie Blanchard of Saks Fifth Avenue, New York City.
Every now and then we spot clothes so well designed that they would look right anywhere in the world. Just such clothes are being created by C. Capriotti, who started in Beverly Hills and has branched out nationally. They are modeled here by Juliet Prowse, the star of Mona McCluskey, who has a beguiling look of her own that blends perfectly with the international look of these fashions.
Photos by Bill Claxton
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Mona McCluskey (also known as Meet Mona McCluskey) is an American sitcom that aired on NBC as part of its 1965-66 schedule. The series stars Juliet Prowse in the title role, and aired from September 16, 1965 to April 14, 1966.
TV and screen actress Suzy Parker tells us that two fashion designers are perfect for her look-Chanel in Paris and Ellen Brooke of Sportswear Couture in America. (TV Guide Magazine, 1964, Mass.)
Above: Suzy in two versions of Ellen Brooke's famous fisherman's shirtdress. I shocking-pink silk, is but one of many she has in a variety of colors. Ellen Brooke made the same dress in lace, and added a matching kerchief for Suzy's wedding (she's Mrs. Bradford Dillman). Dress can be sashed or not, and in silk it's $90. Her enamel-and-diamond bracelets and pins are by David Webb.
Suzy's own combination of separates by Ellen Brooke. Siamese-pink silk pants are worn under an orange tunic. The tunic buttons down one side, stops just short of the knee. The silk pants, beautifully cut for perfect fit, are about $40. The tunic is also about $40.
Look familiar? Suzy in the fisherman's shirt that started the whole wonderful look... in beige Irish linen and lace. The price, about $80. Marvelous for the beach, just long enough to cover her pink cotton Bikini, as shown here... or over pants or long evening skirt. All Suzy's coiffures, from this casual one to the elegant one, are by Enrico Caruso, New York.
A long, silk dress and stole in a flower print on yellow background. The sleeveless dress with jewel neckline, about $110; stole, about $100. David Webb jewelry. Slippers by Silvia of Fiorentina,
When play's the thing, why not dress for it in play clothes like these, modeled on the beach near Malibu, California , by actresses Janet Lake ("77 Sunset Strip," "Have Gun, Will Travel ") and Nancy Nelson ("Father Knows Best," "The Untouchables")? Most outfits are wash 'n' wear, need little attention to keep that crisp look. And they're coordinated for mixing and matching. Colors are bright, principally reds and blues. Decorative buttons, dickies and pockets add a gay touch.
Nancy (left) poses in a cord-trimmed denim skirt with crushed belt. By Patty Woodard, about $12. Her denim-ticking crop top sells for about $7. Both are wash 'n' wear. Janet is wearing culottes (popular quite a few years ago and making a big comeback this season) by Ann Kelly. They're drip-dry cotton and acetate lightweight ticking appliqued with strawberries, about $11. Co-ordinated shirt sells for about $8.
Janet models a nautical-blueprint shirt of cotton broadcloth; about $8. The tugboat pants of Wabana cotton are also available in red and blue, about $6. Nancy's cotton-broadcloth sleeveless shirt, like Janet's but in reverse colors, is about $5; matching tam, about $3. Cotton Wabana shorts, in same print, are about $4. All by Phil Rose.
Nancy in combed-cotton car coat by Ardee Sportswear. Olympic emblems are woven into the braid trim of the wash 'n' wear coat (about $16) and Capri pants (about $8). Janet wears cotton-alpaca knit with insert. By Phil Rose, about $5. Knit pants, $6.
Chapter 6 in our Designer's Choice series features Anne Bancroft, stage, screen and television actress, in fashions from the spring collection of Pauline Trigere, famous New York designer. The Trigere hallmark is a deceptive look of simplicity which emerges from an artistic, intricate cut. Her clothes are exciting in their elegance of line, detail and fabric. They are recognized as "timeless," the finest tribute in fashion.
Miss Bancroft in Trigere's silk dress of Staron silk in a marvelous Rousseau-like print on a black background. Only the front of the dress is in this jungle print (in several shades of blue, orange, pink, green and gold)—the back is solid black. The skirt flares slightly from the hips, the neck is draped, the fit is easy.
A long gown in white, black and chartreuse silk crepe. The top of this slim, soft dress is most unusual. The black panel drapes asymetrically over the right shoulder to fall to the floor in the back or to continue across the back and wrap the other shoulder for a stole effect. Anne's coiffures by Ingrid of Michel Kazan. Gloves on on these pages by Kislav.
Fashion Selection #223 The Helene of Hollywood Bra was designed for all occasions and costumes, as it can be worn with outfits strapless, haltered or besleeved. The smooth, broad back will keep it where it belongs, not down around your waist. A full deep-plunge, full separation and full circular-stitch give it soft, molded form. Stainless spring-wire. Sizes 32-36 in A cup and 32-38 in B or C cup. Colors are white or black. In nylon taffeta at about $5.00. Also in nylon lace, nylon lace edging, about $7.50.
Nancy (left) poses in a cord-trimmed denim skirt with crushed belt. By Patty Woodard, about $12. Her denim-ticking crop top sells for about $7. Both are wash 'n' wear. Janet is wearing culottes (popular quite a few years ago and making a big comeback this season) by Ann Kelly. They're drip-dry cotton and acetate lightweight ticking appliqued with strawberries, about $11. Coordinated shirt sells for about $8.
NYLON sets the scene for a lady-on-her-way-to-a-party. In the upper photograph, nylon appears in a handsome bedspread of Mallinson's "Nymal" taffeta, made by N. Sumergrade, $50 at Altman's, New York; City of Paris, San Francisco. "Nymal" is made in 15 colors; the finish is permanent ; it washes well, needs no ironing. Dress, Christian Dior—New York. All furniture by Baker.
Below: indirect light falls softly through nylon marquisette curtains by Vogue-Robertson, 108" length, $7.95 at Abraham & Straus, Brooklyn. These are made in white and six colors, are washable and dry smooth and crisp, require minimum ironing. Hat, Christian Dior—New York.
Below: nylon appears as distinguished "Imperial Servana" carpet by Nye-Wait, a $30 a quare yard at Marshall Field, Chicago; Barker Bros., Los Angeles; Lord & Taylor, New York. Choose from 10 colors with the assurance that it wears wonderfully. Slippers on model by Julianelli.
Peggy Dow, Universal-International starlet, in her favorite casual separates, made by Duchess Royal in corduroy. Her skirt features an inverted front pleat, and the boxy jacket has a zipper closing. Skirt and jacket available in ivory, wheat, red, yearling, laurel green. Sizes 10 to 20. Under $15 each. Her sweater is by Tish-U-Knit; her gloves are American-knit shorties.
“Miss Cari-All” is the name Capeway has given the handsome 12-inch purse-and-overnight-bag combination Peggy is carrying. Of genuine split cowhide, it has double handies, zipped top, sturdy steel frame and two handy inside pockets. Here is a piece of luggage that can go on a weekend visit or a two-week Summer vacation. It sells for about $6, including luxury tax.
Brocades copied from priceless antique patterns, 14-carat gold thread and trimmings, embroidery Oriental in feeling and so rich it has a third dimension—all of these make up a California extravaganza in fashions for evening wear. These opulent styles are shown here along with another West Coast extravaganza: Universal's set for the movie version of Flower Drum Song, a costly and meticulous recreation of San Francisco's Chinatown.
Fabric is given the whole play in these clothes which are a culmination of the trend toward the elegant and sumptuous. The shapes are tailored and timeless, as in the two short evening dresses above by Gustave Tassell, a winner of this fall's Fashion Critics' Award. They are inevitably, expensive($300 to $875) since the brocades cost up to $40 a yard. But because they are so simply cut they are also an investment that will be stylish for years.
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Adrian Adolph Greenburg, professionally known as Adrian is one of the legends, or to quote what Michel Adam told me at a Fashion TV show - Adrian is one of the Gods of fashion. Disciple of Rudolph Valentino, Adrian is mostly known for the costumes he designed for "The Wizard of Oz". During his career he designed costumes for hundreds of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films between 1928 and 1941.
In february 1950 he designed, exclusively for the debut number of the cherished art, fashion and lifestyle magazine - FLAIR, a fnatastic dress named "Wind on the Sand".
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