"SITTING" AND "STANDING" GOWNS
For best effects in fashion consider dresses for " standing only " and dresses for "sitting" is a suggestion offered by the singing star, Jeanette. MacDonald, who makes a brilliant reappearance in "Broadway "Dresses designed for 'standing would solve many a problem," the star asserts. "Take the party gown I wear in the theatre party sequence of this picture. It is what I term a standing gown. Its lines are graceful, long, and sweep about the body giving a regal appearance. Seated, the dress loses its For "sitting" dresses the star selects the full-skirted black organza worn in another sequence of the film Miss MacDonald wears a wide selection of interesting Adrian gowns in her latest picture. The gown illustrated on this page is more effective when the wearer is seated, with the skirt billowing about the chair.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24205, 25 January 1940, Page 17
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