THE MOST TIMELY
EVENT OF THIS SEASON

designers, but not with ac-
tress Mae West. Ms. West
loathed Edith Head's
costumes for her film She
Done Him Wrong and turned
instead to Italian-Jewish
costumer Elsa Schiaparelli.
Ms. Schiaparelli was later
aghast when she saw that
Ms. West had altered her
designs. "Shocking," she
said of Ms. West's revealing
dress — a word later used to
name a perfume in an
hourglass-shaped bottle cre-
ated by Salvador Dali.
Charlie Chaplin, for years
rumored to be of Jewish
ancestry (he was not), found
his inspiration in the closet
of comedian Fatty Arbuckle.
Chaplin so liked the way he
looked in Fatty's oversized
attire, he made it the garb of
his Little Tramp.
Talk about BIG bucks. The
Little Tramp's hat, cane and
shoes recently sold at
Sotheby's for more than
$500,000.
Not all the stars were as
happy with their appointed
look, Ms. Schreier said.
Dorothy Lamour "hated the
sarong and couldn't wait un-
til she wore a real costume"
while Lana Turner "wanted
gorgeous gowns" and not
those ooh-la-la clingy
sweaters.
If a star was big enough,
he could make demands
about just who wore the
pants in the Hollywood
design department.
Actress Pola Negri wanted
only the best for her 1922
The Spanish Dancer. One
dress she wore in the film in-
cluded a 30-foot train and
Russian ermine along the
bottom. Its price: a mere
$35,000.
Irving Thalberg demanded
fancy duds for his wife,
Norma Shearer, in Marie
Antoinette. The wigs and
headpieces alone cost $5,000
each.
Big-name designers have
had starring roles in
Hollywood, too. Ms. Schreier
noted that Yves St. Laurent
created costumes for The
Pink Panther (check out that
snappy purple tank worn by
Claudia Cardinale —add
love beads and platform
shoes — drive a man wild!),
while Christian Dior was
behind the 1947 "New
Look" of uplifted bosom and
dropped hemline. Bette
Davis had to have the "New
Look" for her classic All
About Eve.
And no wonder actresses
put so much stock into what
they wore. Grace Kelly not
only caught a thief, she
caught a husband after she
donned just the right dress.
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