MODELLING HIGH FASHIONS

Press, Volume XCIII, Issue 27856, 3 January 1956, Page 2

MODELLING HIGH FASHIONS

“No Cinderella Story ” GLAMOUR AND HARD WORK It s no Cinderella story,” said Barbara Goalen, famous British model until a few months ago, when asked how she managed to get to the top of her profession in London’s fashion worid There’s always room at the top, but you must work hard and sa d y ° Ur brains to keep there,” she

After her first husband was killed in a flying accident, she had the wi?i ce h llv J ng <l uietl y in the country , h ? r two small children, or of helping herself by taking up a career. Mattli, the couturier, said I bad t. he meas urements for modelling, and_he gave me a break, and there I was.” said Miss Goalen. She put herself in the hands of a r™i Class model , agency, became a ’reelance, modelling for photographic studios, and did home and overseas work for a leading fashion magazine, and fashion shows for big fashion houses. In- a highlycompetitive career she held her own because she was physically, mentally, her jo t^ mperamental] y equipped for , h ® be J ik u ? P hot , o graphic work better than fashion shows because in a studio cameramen and model work a iT co-operating to get the best results This eagerness to sink her own feelings when working with t combined with uncommon ability to get on with people, were two invaluable assets in her fight to get to the top and keep there. Add to these a completely individual way of wearing clothes to their best ?or Va R la r. e ’ an 2 y . have the reason fo L Baibara Goalen’s success. Lle onlooker, modelling seems glamorous, but to the model it means long hours of exhausting work, perpetual rushing from studio ~s aloP or showroom, changing ln cramped spaces with inspeed - wearing furs in midfsun. sults hi midwinter, f ? r hours and snatching a fo? d a meal beCaUse there is no * me

xrfo2? el r- Miss Goalen married Mr Nigel Campbell she retired, largely J? be f, ree - t 0 teavcl with him on the many business trips he makes. They and e 4™uJ! tly a come back fr °m North and South America. She talked enthusiastically about her trip some trTlte o? th New z . ealand and Australia, of the reception given to her she went and the immense interest taken by women there in all matters concerning clothes. ;‘The th as unforgettable." she said, into A^. tlgh S l° much was crammed into four weeks, it was well worth w^? i^ d ho and ele J? ant ’. she looks as and J-tet o u” a he sl .mplest sweater ™.,,„ L as £’ e fl oes , ln an elaborate Seoriln tb ® kllaek Of putting vou P teel tb their ea J e and she makes u 1 ti L ere need be nothing really anmhJi a f b ?> Ut 10 °king your best—“Whft f the secr ets of her success. u an .P e °P le do> about their assets‘V’ n tdey , ha Y e P° ne of assets ? she was asked. S>ae laughed and thought. “They can develop a dress sense,” she said. She hid seen ’L S en ° ften ’ but to achieve i" ?! w ™.“ must p ]an and buv intelligently. “My advice is to stick vo„ you s ow . n Particular style once you ve found out what suits .you.”