Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-19
Fashion
Notebook

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genie. Her Office was opposite
the photographers studio
and soon the request Can
we borrow your secretary for
some pictures?" was being
heard more and more fire.
quently.
The war came along and
Betty was married. For a
while she was a private Sec
rotary to q lieutenant colo
mel In the Quartermaster
Corps at Camp Lee, Va.
When the war ended she
went to New York with her
little daughter. Tina. hoping
to 90 into secretarial work
but at the same time needing
q little voice that kept tell
ing her to 60 into modelling.
Her marriage had ended and
II needed money" she con-
tinued.
II was lucky she says OF
herself. She was at the right
place at the right time. Just
before admitting on her last
day Of job hunting that she
didn't have q chance to
break into q big time model
ing career she went by HAIR
PER'S BAZAAR. Fashion
photographer Louise Dahl
Wolf spotted her and in fast
fashion told Betty they were
going TO cut her hair. send
her OF for q permanent. fit
her out In ski clothes and
shoot her of TO New Hamp-
shire for skiing photographs.
with that I arrived" says
Betty. Since. that time she's
gained compliments galore
for her modelling OF sports
clothes. From the SIS an
hour she first earned she now
receives $40. Its low you
know. compared to Suzy
Parker's SITS"
For three years while free
lance modelling in New York
she also worked for B. H.
Wragge. the sportswear de-
signer. OF all the clothes she
wears. her real love Is for the
kind Of clothes that he de-
signs.
when ! find that model
ing is no longer for me !
want to go into the fashion
business. It's the thing I
know more about" she says.
All-Time Model
The all-time model great
Of our time. she feels. Is
beautiful. blonde Lisa Fons-
sagrieves. whose husband Is
the famous Irving Penn Of
VOGUE magazine.
But Lisa Is great not only
because she continues TO
model seemingly for years
and years and years" but be-
cause. Betty says. her an
swer Is based on something
personal.
when ! first started she
helped give me confidence.
She taught me modelling
tricks like focusing my eyes
on something black til the
photographer was ready 90
as not TO be staring or firing
them. Lisa's q great lady.
has natural elegance. and q
beauty within her. I'd COM
pare her enduring beauty
with that Of Marlene Die
trich. q younger version. that
10. In Lisa's case"
you stick 20 II. you're
going 70 be one Of the great
est models we've ever had"
said Lisa Fonssagrieves 10
years ago to Betty.
Good Advice
Now some 10 years later
Betty finds herself In the
position Of giving out good
advice.
Il thought I had q fashion
sense when I was In WASH
ington. / didn't" says Betty.
This Is something you keep
acquiring through the years.
But model or no, always
being immaculate where
underclothes. makeup and
dress Is concerned Is Q
must"
In the past 10 years she's
noticed that the stiff. angu-
lar posing models used to do
has ceased Now motion,
ease and naturalness are the
models hallmark.
II one change could be
signaled out appearance
wise in models. Betty says, It
would focus on their eyes.
Looking back at old fashion
photographs. Betty says the
one thing that stands out is
their sweetness and lack Of
eye makeup"
Today's models are more
sophisticated looking. On
the runway models are much
more individual, too.
And ! wish you'd say one
thing" Betty added. tell