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.
