Evening star., 1962-08-22
WINDOW SHOPPER

1ulI length Weodlng man
tillas.
SWIMSUIT TREE - Mrs.
L. Blaine Clarke has found
the hat tree principle a
handy one for swimsuitS.
An assortment of SWIM
suits Of every variety. in a
waterfall Of colors drip from
the branches of a tree set
in a planter in the dressing
room off from the pool.
Friends can pick one right
off the tree If they're the
same size as Connie Clarke.
Visitors to New York tell
us that the Charles James
windows at Korvette's on
Fifth Avenue had a FASH
ion Notebook column from
The Star in a big leather
scrapbook as one of the props
that teamed fashion, culture
and objet dart.
We're flattered, and own
up to being q real Charles
James fan whether in or out
of the window.
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NEVER BETTER-Marilyn
Savage always wanted to 60
near the water, but II her
hair was freshly set, she al
ways found 1t q bit of de-
terrent.
The wife Of Alan Savage,
co-owner Of Wig World is
responsible for his joining UP
with Gary Mednick, in the
wig business.
She bought her first one
in Self-defense, and In doing
so discovered a whole new
career for herself and her
husband. The former school
teacher is now busy fitting
wigs at Wig World.
In the month they've been
opened she's discovered that
women wear wigs for any
number Of different reasons.
There are those who have
to, because their hair is so
thin or an illness has let
them bald.
One elderly woman who
had been i'll formerly wore a
dark "old lady's wig" in des-
peration. She's now wearing
a new high-fashion wig in a
silver-grey color and vows
that even when her own hair
grows back. she'll continue
to wear it because it makes
her look years younger"
The Wig World trio agree
that every woman wants to
see how she looks as a
bonde" but that they usually
wind up with a wig in their
own hair coloring.
The demand for wigs right
now is producing a big boom
in human hair which in
Europe. Is selling for $50 q
pound.
The lighter the color of
the hair the more expensive
the wig. The common fault
with many wig wearers is
that their head may look
too big with the wig. Small
faces should be surrounded
by q small wig hairstyle,
they suggest.
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RECIPROCAL AGREE
MENT - Designer Richard
Blackwell, the film Dead
End Kid" who headed one
way, UP, when he turned
dress designer, is going to
be the first American de-
signer asked to show in Flor
ence, Italy. next season.
G. B. Girogini. the organ
izer of the famous Italian
fashion showings at the Pit
tt Palace extended the COW
eted bid.
Mr.. Blackwell is a great
user Of Italian-made fabrics
and is delighted to show the
folks back home just how an
American designer uses their
fabulous textiles.
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DINA'S DIVINE" - Film
designer Helen Rose plans to
do a special fashion show
within-a-fashion-show" this
Fall, on the clothes she has
designed for Shirley Jones,
Stella Stevens, and Dina
Merrill to wear in MGM's
THE Courtship of Eddie's
Father"
A number Of these fash
ions will be previewed in No
vember when fashion editors
see the new California COL
lections. The fashion short"
is getting to be a thing with
the film industry, who find
it a good advance idea for
their pictures that have some
fashion impact.
Says Helen in her note to
us, Dina Merrill is a dream
to dress-the nearest thing
to Grace Kelly in years.
They have put a dark wig
on her and she looks divine"