THE CHINA MAIL, FEBRUARY 24, 1938
STARS' MOODS AFFECTED
BY
HUES
Adrian, Designer Of Movie Clothes, Explains
"Hue harmonics are just as im-whose study of the psychological portant for the stars as novelty in effect of colours on stars has proven idea and design."
to be an art in itself.
So says Adrian,
This creator of unusual designs The famous fashion designer de- doesn't stop with his crayon. clares that, not only are certain sketches. His are steps beyond. His colours unsuited to certain person-pencil merely indicates lines that alities, but that colour is so em- hint the far-flung realm of his crea- phatically a factor in psychology |tive imaginaion applied to fashions. that the wrong shade can spoil a Costume pictures require much beautiful, gay mood, quicker than research work, which sometimes anything else.
takes months. Knowing and un-
Garbo, for instance, is always derstanding people and person- happier in rich shades of purple, alities is important, but Adrian is wine and olive green. The actress firmly convinced that the psycho- knows that Adrian understands her logy of colours is as important as sensitiveness to colours and always anything else in the fashion word, leaves the final selections to him, if not more so. since he has made a study of the colours that fit her moods as well as become the star.
"Since the screen reveals only black, white and gray, it would be much simpler to create all designs in these three shades," Adrian ex-
CLEANING
VELVETEEN
plained. "However, the constant Here is a very useful hint which monotony of wearing the same drab will enable you to clean
your vel- colours would tend to irritate the veteen frocks and jumpers at home, stars, while gay, bright colours can and so save money. 'pick you up' or go hand-in-hand with a buoyant mood."
CRAWFORD PREFERS BLUE
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First of all, make a lather with some good soap. Put the velveteen. garment into this and move it about well. Then take it out, but do not wring it; instead, put it in a basin of clean water and move it about rapidly to remove the soap.
Blue is Joan Crawford's favourite colour. Perhaps because her eyes are blue, because the sky is blue
When the soap has been washed and because so many lovely things out, take the velveteen out of the are blue. Adrian varies the shades water and leave it to dry, still with- of blue for the star by changing out wringing it. When it is nearly materials, adding unusual orna-dry, shake it well, and it will emerge ments and luxurious furs so that from your attentions looking quite there is never the sameness of feel- as good as new. ing.
"When Joan must wear the same dress in more than one scene it is always a blue dress," Adrian said. "Blue being her choice colour, she never tires of it and she finds it rlaxing."
Oddly enough, Jeanette MacDon- ald is one star who prefers wearing white, and Adrian always, except when the script won't allow it, has at least one white dress for the star in each picture.
MEN, WOMEN AND DRESS:
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something to her.
"Of
CALLING THE TUNE
course we don't dress to
ADRIAN
Smart Talk
Try
Stripes which were heralded last | An unusual pair of gloves cam season are going to be doubly dramatise a whole costume. smart this
A dance frock to the exciting new suede ones with wear now and later might be of snakes coiled around the wrist. striped chiffon with narrow gold. kid
girdle matched to Roman striped, · gold touched bag and slippers.
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Veils seem to be going right on please men." proclaimed one bold into spring, and are most effective "Miss MacDonald," said Adrian, spirit. "If we did, do you think we in black on the new white turbans "prefers costume pictures to any should have gone Eton-cropped, or designed to wear with black and other type, and I find it somewhat wear brilliant lipstick and nail-white daytime costumes. difficult to make period costumes in varnish, shorts, plus-fours,
and
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Mothers with little
girls they with
them
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To make your winter cloth coat look more luxurious add two furs to the collar, have them cross in front over the bustline and fasten at the side seams.
FATNESS WAS IN THE FAMILY
white. However, in all modern pic-trousers? As we are now, or have tures, white prevails. Too, she been in the near or the distant past, likes wearing jewellery and a lot we remain--a law unto ourselves like to take about of it. She selects it herself with And the men who dislike our type should practice the fashion of het most painstaking care.”
in the beginning come quite soon matching their offspring's pastel. But Mother and Daughter Virginia Bruce prefers pastel to accept it, and even to like it. It woollen coat and hat to their own.
Both Reduced. shades. In her current picture, is we who call the tune, no matter "Bad Man of Brimstone," she wears who pays, and men dance happily If you've a velvet dinner dress One sometimes hears it said: "She'll costumes reminiscent of the Gay enough to it when they have read- which you intend to wear a while run to fat like her mother, and it is longer, add the new note of a wide, true that fatness often runs in families, Nineties, and though they are made justed themselves.". of dimities, prints and silks, all are
To conclude my case against Dr. | velvet band to go around your But nowadays, overweight mothers are As their fashioned of the pastel shades of Cunnington's theory, let me say head, with short streamers in the generally just as unwilling
fat. Certainly blue, green and even pink.
that among the best-dressed women back and three fresh gardenias in daughters to remain
blooms if you
that was true in the case of this mother I know are prosperous, pleased front, or coloured
and her daughter. The letter publish- PASTELS FOR BLONDE with-life spinsters for whom, from prefer.
ed below tells what they did:— the sentimental or “romantic” as "Delicate shades blend in beauti-pect, men simply do not exist.
If you've a red fox cape make fully with colouring of the blonde No great harm is done, to be sure, your first spring frock be in that beauty and, though the colours do if the male sex care to cherish the subtle new shade of deep blue not show on the screen, they have touching belief that we array our-green to wear with it.
a definite psychological effect upon selves for their special delight. As
Miss Bruce's personality. Even a to vexing other women by our smar- If you've a monkey fur jacket, girl in everyday activities, who ter dressing, that unworthy state add black satin bows to your hat wears black for shopping or at her of mind can hardly persevere in to pick up the sheen of the fur and office, knows that when she dons a face of the thousands of pretty give you glamourous highlights. colourful dress she feels younger, model frocks shown by even the gayer, and, if she selects a colour cheapest shops. Unless there is the An advance spring or resort becoming to her personality and handicap of grim poverty, only in fabric combination can be practic general makeup, she will radiate a the matter of materials car any led in a rough crepe print of g [new self.”
woman dress better than her neigh and white, topped by a velveteen Such are the words of Adrian, bour nowadays,
cont: lined in the same print.
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