Asides - It's Always Fashion Week in Hollywood

Fashion Week at Bryant Park in New York took place earlier this month. In belated recognition of the event, here are some fashions from our favorite period, with some of our favorite stars. Enjoy and keep an eye out at your local Target for some knock-offs.

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The first four pages are from the June, 1932 edition of Photoplay. As you may or may not know, Photoplay billed itself as "The News and Fashion Magazine of the Screen."

Kay always looks good, stripes, solids, or anything in between.

This and the next page are a spread, the headline
running over both pages.

Mary, Carole, and Joan

Evalyn Knapp, Adrienne Dore and Madge.

Maureen models neckwear for the gal on the go.


Everybody's favorite "Shimmy" dancer Gilda Gray shows off the latest
Paris fashion in the October 1926 edition of Picture Play magazine.

Who ever thought blue duo-tone was a good color for
interior pages should be shot.

Hope you enjoyed the show.

Madge Evans

Madge Evans

Born 1909 (d.1981), Madge appeared in 96 films from 1916 to 1956. She was featured in print ads as the "Fairy Soap girl" as an infant. Working for MGM for in the 1930s, she appeared in Dinner at Eight (1933) and David Copperfield (1935) and impersonated the sweet young woman in many movies. Her husband Sidney Kingsley, a playwright, is best known for his plays, later turned into popular films Dead End and Detective Story. She was also photographed by the famous Hollywood photographer Hurrell. In those images she is more sultry than seen here, this image being more the (very pretty) girl next door.


Madge Evans - What do you think? Allure?