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Lilly Daché—Hollywood’s Mad Hatter
Movie Star Makeover Posted by Kay Noske on Mar 23, 2013
If you’re watching a stylish movie and you find yourself thinking “where *did* she get that hat??” you’re unconsciously paying tribute to Hollywood’s favorite hatter, Lilly Daché. At least 75% (and probably more like 90%) of the hats you see on screen, across the studios and on virtually read more
Reel to Real: Spring is having a mod Marlo moment
Movie Star Makeover Posted by Kay Noske on Mar 3, 2013
It’s snowing here. Again. And as much as I enjoy the picturesque quality of a fleecy blanket of crystalline beauty from Mom Nature, enough already. What better time to direct your attention to a woman who personified the optimism and joy of Springtime? Ladies, I give you Marlo Thomas in her beloved read more
Model in the meantime, Betty
Movie Star Makeover Posted by Kay Noske on Feb 4, 2013
If I read one more “empowering” article about how I should quit my humdrum job and join the circus, I’m going to scream. Not that I’m against dream-following, mind you. It’s just the utter impracticality of it all that galls me. Not everyone has an obliging sugar-daddy to bankroll that hand-crafted read more
That Twirl: What Loretta Taught Marlo
Movie Star Makeover Posted by Kay Noske on Jan 14, 2013
Since Turner Classic Movies channel has been running Loretta Young films every Weds this January, a lot of people are discovering what her fans already know: this elegant lady is a timeless style icon. Her effortless elegance is evident whether she’s a hard-knocks working girl or a hoop-skirted hero read more
Portrait of a Lady: Loretta Young
Movie Star Makeover Posted by Kay Noske on Dec 31, 2012
There are a lot of celebrations around Loretta Young’s 100th birthday—Turner Classic Movies has made her the Star of the Month; The Hollywood Museum has mounted a glittering, gorgeous exhibit that spans the years of Loretta’s career, from fresh-faced teen to grande dame; her loving family has read more
Sun Valley Smackdown: Sonja Henie vs. Lynn Bari–Dueling Divas
Movie Star Makeover Posted by Kay Noske on Dec 19, 2012
Sun Valley Serenade is a charming, quasi-holiday picture that exposes some of the deepest, darkest “how to steal a man” secrets ever depicted, by a surprise expert.To a soundtrack of smooth Glenn Miller songs, innocent little Norwegian refugee Karen Benson (Sonja Henie) trounces the sleek, chic, read more
The best things happen when she’s dancing: Vera-Ellen
Movie Star Makeover Posted by Kay Noske on Dec 11, 2012
General Waverly is out of step, out of touch, and out of luck. He’s invested his life savings in the Columbia Inn in Pine Tree,Vermont. Instead of the bustling ski lodge of his dreams, he owns what smart-alecky housekeeper Emma calls a “Tyrolean haunted house.” It’s 60 degrees in December, there read more
Reel to Real: Baby, It’s Cold Outside!
Movie Star Makeover Posted by Kay Noske on Nov 24, 2012
Well, here it is, the first snowy day and you reach into your closet to pull out the same tired old coat you wore last year. And the year before. And maybe before. I’ll bet you it’s black, since 90% of the coats for women on the market are funeral, sold to gullible gals like us under the heading read more
Bette's Got Your Six, Boys
Movie Star Makeover Posted by Kay Noske on Nov 8, 2012
I am ridiculously corny about WWII movies, probably because my dad was a WWII vet and I’m in that group of people who believe that generation truly was our greatest. So, as a salute to our veterans, here’s a story that’s not told often enough. Meet an improbable pin-up who fought and finagled read more
Edith Headquarters 4: The Torch-Bearer
Movie Star Makeover Posted by Kay Noske on Oct 27, 2012
When Turner Classic Movies (TCM) needed a podcast expert for their marvelous month-long “Battle of the Blondes” series in November 2011, they turned to Los Angeles fashion and film blogger Kimberly Truhler. Kimberly is a brainy blonde beauty who is the smarts and savvy behind www.GlamAmor.com, read more
Edith Headquarters 3: The Assistant
Movie Star Makeover Posted by Kay Noske on Oct 20, 2012
Last January, I grabbed up a bunch of other costume freaks from our local theater and headed to the Turning Stone Casino in upstate New York. We were making this pilgrimage to worship at the shrine of the “Icons of Hollywood” costume exhibit, curated by one of Edith Head’s assistants read more
Edith Headquarters 2: The Collector
Movie Star Makeover Posted by Kay Noske on Oct 13, 2012
The classic film fan/fashion freak Venn diagram has a pretty huge overlap area…so many classic film lovers I’ve met either came to old movies because of the costumes and stayed for the content, or they get their ya-yas out just watching the fashion parade swirl by on the Silver Screen an read more
Edith Headquarters 1: The Actress
Movie Star Makeover Posted by Kay Noske on Oct 6, 2012
If you’ve visited my website, you know it’s pretty much a shrine to one of the greatest of Hollywood’s costume designers, Edith Head. Why Edith? Well, aside from the accolades of the many actors who were made more beautiful, glamorous and comfy by her, thousands of style-obsessed movie fans, like read more
Movin’ on uppity
Movie Star Makeover Posted by Kay Noske on Sep 27, 2012
This is going to be one of those “compare and contrast” pieces your English teacher was so fond of forcing you to write. First, I’m going to gush about Diahann Carroll, whom I have worshipped since I was a teenager. Then, I’m going to introduce you to one of my image consulting clients. What read more
Sharpen your pencils, gals
Movie Star Makeover Posted by Kay Noske on Sep 3, 2012
Fall’s here and for me, there’s nothing quite as snappy on the autumn fashion parade as the perennial pencil skirt. It’s been a hit for decades (since WWII gals had to abbreviate their skirts to satisfy fabric rationing needs) and happily, almost every Star Style can rock one. (Not sure what your read more
Jeanette MacDiva
Movie Star Makeover Posted by Kay Noske on Aug 25, 2012
It’s a crime, really. Say the name Jeanette MacDonald to almost anyone (except a TCM fan) and you’ll get a blank stare for your trouble. And yet, she was one of the most popular actresses/singers of the 1930s and 40s, with box office numbers that rivaled, and often topped, her contemporaries read more
Irene Goes Wild (a little)
Movie Star Makeover Posted by Kay Noske on Aug 19, 2012
I first met Irene Dunne in one of my father’s stories. You have to know, first, that my father was a great storyteller—and because he was the night manager at RKO Keith’s in Washington DC in the 1930-40s, he told some humdingers. I never tired of him recounting how, at the end of Penny Serenade, read more
Lip Service
Movie Star Makeover Posted by Kay Noske on Jul 22, 2012
Say what you want about high heels; for me, the defining external hallmark of femininity is the painted lip. Most little girls reach for Mommy’s lipstick as soon as they can toddle. When I bought my first lipstick at 14—a totally inappropriate color of frosted pink I insisted on wearing because read more
Ann of a Thousand Taps
Movie Star Makeover Posted by Kay Noske on Jul 8, 2012
Polly-Annie Miller “I see a Star of Destiny, here. You will see her name, up in lights…” (gypsy fortune teller) Ann Miller’s autobio, Miller’s High Life, is a weird and wonderful mix of gypsy fortune-telling, zodiac mumbo-jumbo, reincarnation and delightful, deliberate optimism. Yes, read more
Magic Wand: The Maybelline Interview
Movie Star Makeover Posted by Kay Noske on Jun 25, 2012
Every single girl in my high school had a tube of Maybelline mascara. It was, to us, the ONLY mascara; plump with promise that your newly enhanced lashes could waft a date your way. There’s a powerful amount of witchcraft in that small magic wand. When I discovered there was a tell-all memoir read more