The Key West citizen. [volume] (Key West, Fla.) 1879-current, 1952-03-14
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5y sos THOMAS

HOLL 1WOOD R-lmaRlne COM
ing home from work and finding
the little woman yacuuming the
parlor in sarong!
What's sarOng with that? asks
Designer Edith Head. She is
launching a campaign to make the
home more glamorous.
"GlamoG has gone out of the
home" signed the pert brunette
who designs clothes for Betty Hut
ton, Bette Davis and other film
queens. 'There are two occasions
in the day when a man and wife
notice each other most. That s
when he is leaving for work in the
morning and when he returns home
at night. Both occasions are buds,
sartorically speaking.
when wife gets up in the morn
ing, she throws a robe around her.
self, whips up a quick breakfast,
dresses the kids and spoons some
food down the baby. When her hus-
band last views her before going
to work, her hair is still up in
curriers' and she is a mess.
"Wken he returns home at night,
she is worn out from minding the
kids all day and taking care Of
the house. She is too busy making
dinner to change the old clothes
she has been cleaning the house
in"
But what can be done about this
situation, aside from going into
hook and hiring maid?
1.-THE wife should steal few min.
utes tc beautify herself" said
Miss Head. "And If she doesn't
have the. time to change her
clothes, then she should wear a uni.
form that would he neat and at
tractive at times.
Doctors, businessmen, carpen-
tiers - all lines of work have their
own uniforms. Yet the biggest
single group of working people
the housewives have no uniform.
| think women make a mistake in
using their old, WORKOUT clothes
TO do the housework in. Thus thhey
spend most of their lives in old
clothes.
81 don't mean that they have to
invest in fancy wardr0bes. think
C.le uniform for the housewife
could be the housecoat, which can
be neat, attractive and inexpensive.
She can perform her home duties
in it, and still look glamorous when
Der husband comes home at night.
The housewife could also adopt
other eye appealing outfits, she
added, even suggesting a sarong.
Miss Head whipped one up for
Rhonda Fleming to wear in ''Trop-
ic Zone She said the creation
could easily be manufactured for
Miss Head whipped enc up for
Rhonda Fleming to wear in '"Trop-
lie Zone" She said the creation
could easily be manufactured for
housewife use, particularly in,
warmer climes.
Miss Heads criticism of the loss
of glamOr wasn't only directed at
the fair sex. She also raped the
husbands Of America.
"The average man in business
dresses up in the morning sc. he
can look his best throughout the
day." she cited. But when he gets
home, he doesn't care how he
looks. He wants to get into some
thing more comfortable. In days
of more graceful living, that would
have meant a handsome dressing
robe or a Prince Albert jacket.
''But nowadays when he gets in
to something more comfortable, he
wears something old and worn out
like sweat shirt, jeans and
sneakers.
so what is the SOlution'?"
asked. Should we wear sarongs,
too?"
mo, silly she replied. There
are plenty of sports clothes which
are good looking and yet provide
leisure and relaxation.
She concluded IF husbands and
wives no longer care how they APP
pear to each other, what will hap
pen to the American homer"
It's certainly something to think
about.