HOLLYWOOD TO-DAY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 233, 1 October 1936, Page 13

HOLLYWOOD TO-DAY.

THE USEFUL TWO-PIECE. BLACK IN THE BOUDOIR. (By SHEILAH GRAHAM.) The mercury is still rising, but feminine stars continue to prepare wardrobes for the fall. Olivia de Havilland has purchased an off-the-campus dinner gown, a two-piece black and white liigliwaiste'd ensemble with a lower section of black crepe. The semi-tailored bodice is of white satin draped diagonally. Accompanying the striking gown, is a tunic coat stressing the pre-war period, a pointed turban, black suede gloves shirred at the cuffs, and black suede opera pumps. In the winter sequences of her new picture Ginger Rogers will be seen in a street outfit consisting of a rough grey wool dress made with a doable-breasted closing and one patch pocket, over which is worn a grey krimmer kneelength coat fastened at the neck with silver ornaments. Matching hat and grey gloves and shoes complete the ensemble. Another attractive street costume is a brown wool skirt with rolled kick-pleats at front and back and on each side and cape in beige and brown, cut with inverted pleats at centre back. Brown pumps, bag and gloves are worn with, the suit.

Bernard Newman has fashioned ten beautiful gowns for Ann Sothern to wear in her current picture, to be released in a month or so, one of which is developed in live shades of blue chiffon, ranging from palest azure to royal. The frock is brilliantly set off by a diamond and sapphire girdle, matching shoulder straps, and blue satin pumps, open at the toes. Another stunning evening ensemble is of royal blue crepe Roma trimmed with white fox, over which is worn a kneelength overskirt banded with the fur. A deep collar of the same fur circles ilie shoulders. Equally enhancing is the form-fitting gown of peach lace embroidered in gold threads. The gored skirt flares from the hipline and the bodice follows the popular trend for tailored lines and Dutch collars. Running from throat to hem are tiny jewelled buttons. The Oriental influence, currently flood, ing Hollywood, will be seen in Miss Sothern's pyjama outfit fashioned from flesh and silver metal cloth, the upper garment having a knee-lengtli skirt and a Mandarin collar. Gladys Swartliout reported for work recently wearing a navy blue skirt, white suede cloth jacket, bandana hat of red, white and blue striped silk, and short one-button gloves of white cotton. An unusual accessory was the large white daisy worn in the lapel of the action-back jacket. Claudette Colbert was one of the first stars in Hollywood to sponsor the ultraultra "high boot" influence. Of the six pairs of these fascinating boots recently ordered by Claudette, the most interesting is of grey and darker grey calfskin hitting just above the ankle and to be worn with a black and white and grey tweed sports outfit. Youthful and cool for summer evening wear —in spite of plans for the fall, itj is advisable to remember the present heat —is the royal blue chiffon frock worn by Marjorie Weaver, talented dancer and newcomer. Styled witn drapy short sleeves shirred into a raglan shoulderline," and a gored skirt flaring gently below the hips, the frock is trimmed with rhinestone circles down the front instead of buttons. Fay Wray has departed from her customary vivid and sombre hues and i» selecting frocks in softer colours. Her newest evening gown is of pink sharkskin, trimmed with French blue ind worn underneath a matching tunic co'it. Sinione Simon, French cinema star, carries her love for black into tne boudoir. A pair of recently purchased lounging pyjamas has wide silk crepe trousers, made with a brassiere top over which she wears a double-breasted swagger coat of black chiffon', embroidered with alternating stripes of white and gold.