Hollywood: The Head Game
Attend an Orthodox shul on Shabbat and you’ll notice that married women cover their hair, donning hats, scarves, or sometimes just an elegant slip of lace. Hat variations are endless, and to yours...
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After shul this past Shabbos in Teaneck, as I stood in the lobby chatting with friends, I once again noticed the amazing variety of hats worn by religious Jewish women. Once upon a time In Hollywood,...
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In shul the other day, I noticed some spectacular hats on the married ladies. Summer is almost here and Orthodox Jewish women are busting out their best millinery. Hollywood stars were once devoted to...
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Lilyan Tashman, considered one of Hollywood’s most stylish stars in the 20’s, was born and raised in Brooklyn to an Orthodox Jewish family. Before breaking into the movies, Lilyan was a Ziegfeld girl...
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Audrey Hepburn looks chic and fashionable even in a hat that conjures alien tentacles. Tweet When I was a child growing up during the 50’s and 60’s, there really was an Easter parade up and down the...
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Hedda Hopper displays a small selection of her famous hat collection, 1952. There was a time when wearing a hat was de rigueur. Fine millinery was considered a sign of good taste, good breeding and...
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When asked to define the essence of Hollywood glamour, the multi-talented director Edmund Goulding replied: “It’s the magnetism that changes the current of every movie fan’s life and persuades a girl...
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Audrey Hepburn in “My Fair Lady,” 1964. Cecil Beaton's costumes are better than the film which is too long. I prefer the 1938 non-musical “Pygmalion,” starring Leslie Howard (who co-directed with...
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Theda Bara, (1885 – 1955) born Theodosia Goodman, was a nice Jewish girl from Cincinnati who transformed herself into cinema’s first femme fatale, the man-destroying vamp. Tragically, most of her...
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Theda Bara, (1885 – 1955) born Theodosia Goodman, was a nice Jewish girl from Cincinnati who transformed herself into cinema’s first femme fatale, the man-destroying vamp. Tragically, most of her...
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