The Washington times., 1937-01-08
Maureen O'SuIIiVan Gets OkayS
From Husband ON All Dresses
Mans Taste Is Better
Than Woman's, Film
Star Declares
Special to The Washington Times
HOLLYWOOD, Jan. 8.
q dress for men, entirely"

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II dress for men, entirely"
Malreen O'Sullivan didn't quib-
BILE a minute about that. Small
and demure, the little Irish girl
has a viewpoint fresh as a Dublin
daisy.
Very black hair, very blue eyes
and an out-of -doorsy quality make
her like breath of meadow
breeze in the cloying air of Holly
wood. The hair that isn't dyed or
the face that isn't painted is cause
enough in Hollywood to turn and
stare.
1t is q lovely morning with Just
enough snap in the air to put q
spring in your step. Maureen is
going on from the interview for q
game of tennis with Heather
Angel.
AngOra Sweater
She wears q Snow-white silk
dress, very tailored with q white
brushed angora sweater.
81 will wear this sweater,
but 1t tickles me 50. The little
hairs come loose and get into
my throat"
She's a rebel from the word
go. She says she doesn't believe
in following fashion. She dares
to say she hates slacks which is
like telling the Romans you don't
like what they do.
She hates fur; loves animals.
She won't wear dark nail polish
because men don't like it.
WASTE OF TIME
"It's a waste Of time to dress
for women" she says. "Men
have infinitely better taste.
They are more restrained. My
husband 0kays all my pur.
chaSeS and / want him to, be-
cause there's nothing worse
than feeling inferior In your
partners eyes-it SpOilS your
whole evening""
Her partner" is John Farrow,
to whom she has been married
very recently.
Because of her piquant charm
and her small pert face Maureen
is a natural for demure clothes.
She's one Of the type who can
go in for them, and she does.
81 like demure, high collars
and Puritan hats and peasant
dresses" she says enthusiast
cally. "YOu feel so much more
exciting in something gay--and
different. I like dresses with
the flavor of the hills and fields
in them-dresSes you can wear
over and over"
But style Notwithstanding, Mau-
reen believes everything one wears
should wash. She likes the dress
that can go into the washtub
after each wearing. 49,
LIKES COLoRs
'T like coIOrs because they
compliment the sun, but blue
and white are really my favO-
rites"
She claims that evening clothes
are really the only exciting
things.
CLOTHES are dulI-except
evening clothes, although sup
pose that everyone who has di.
vine legs wants to show them,
and those people like daytime
clothes better. But / love the
poetry and grace of evening
things. I especially like period
cOStumeS-the full skirts and
the bows and ruffles."
AS for Slacks!
II hate them-IOathe them"
she says. "They were the first
things 1 saw when came to
Hollywood. They are really the
uniform out here-ShOrtS, high.
. heeled shoes, WOODEN sweater
ugh-hideOuS."
But" she adds, "'I am no
criterion"
Definitely. she is not. Wild
horses couldn't pull her to q sale
Of marked-d -down-to-nothing silver
fox furs. Threats of violence
couldn't make her wear a hat she
didn't like. The vogue could
threaten oStracism to all who
didn't follow it, and she would
keep on wearing a poke bonnet if
it amused her.
PraisewOrthy
Don't think that Maureen is an
oddity. Her point of view, while
extreme, is praiseworthy. She, by
force Of her originality and indie
pendence is far more interesting
than her stereotyped fashion-plate
with her tailored suit, her silver
foxes, her diamond clip and velvet
tocque because she bends the style
to her own personality and makes
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