Modern women, including actresses, wear trousers on a regular basis, but what about stars from the silent era through to the 1950s. i also think that actresses with great legs for some reason suited pants
I thought Bette Davis looked lovely in a white pant suit worn in A Stolen Life
Marlene Dietrich in films like Morrocco, Dishonoured and Witness For The Prosocutuion
Greta Garbo in Queen Christina
Clara Bow as an abulance driver in Wings
Edna Purviance looked rather fetching in both Shoulder Arms and Behind The Screen, rather daring for films made in the 1910s.
Ginger in Follow The Fleet and Roberta
Judy Garland in Girl Grazy and A Star Is Born
Barbara Stanwyck in almost all her 50s westerns from The Furies through to Forty Guns and in the 60s The Big Valley
Joan Crawford in Johnny Guitar. Ella Raines in Tall In The Saddle. Jean Arthur in The Plainsman and Arizona
Vivien Leigh oozed star quality dressed as a male busker, supping a pint of beer in a London pub in St. Martins Lane, made a yr before GWTW. she also looked terrific in pants at the begining of The Roman Spring Of Mrs. Stone, when she was in middle age
Ingrid in For Whom The Bells Toll, Joan Of Arc, The Inn Of The Sixth Happiness and though it was made in the 60s it was set in the 40s The Yellow Rolls Royce
Marilyn looked sensational in pants in River Of No Return and The Misfits
Jean Simmons in The Big Country
Classic actresses in pants
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jdb1
Thanks for the reminder about Kate. she and Marlene were probably the greatest fashion trailblazers as far as women wearing pants is concerned.
i remember Kate in an interview in her advancing yrs asked why she never wore skirts. she replied 'Try Wearing One.'
from one Hepburn to another, i think Audrey inspired women of the 50s to wear trousers
i remember Kate in an interview in her advancing yrs asked why she never wore skirts. she replied 'Try Wearing One.'
from one Hepburn to another, i think Audrey inspired women of the 50s to wear trousers
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klondike
Whenever I hear that exchange quoted, I can't help thinking that it's sort of a shame, the era being when it was, that no one ever persuaded Kate to try wearing a woman's kilt; I bet if she ever had, it would've become a close second choice for her "bottoms".stuart.uk wrote: i remember Kate in an interview in her advancing yrs asked why she never wore skirts. she replied 'Try Wearing One.'
Trust me, nearly everyone I know (male & female) who gives one a serious try, finds them addictive!
And coincidentally, there is a registered Hepburn tartan.
In closing, remember Kate's tart reply to her pushy fiance in Pat & Mike, when he criticizes her nonfeminine attire?
"They're not trousers, they're slacks - watch your mouth."
