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Designer Head is most impressed by actresses who are themselves designing women. Edith's first solo effort on a movie, She Done Him Wrong (1933), was a remake of Broadway's Diamond Lil and brought her measure to measure with Mae West's 38-24-38. "I like 'em tight, girls," growled Mae, and was soon jammed into costumes in which she could not "lie, bend or sit." So that West could relax a bit between takes, a board was set up for her to lean against. Marlene Dietrich, arriving for a fitting, "quickly peels down...
...Mae reclined on a leopard upholstered davenport which matched the drapes, as we had our girl to girl talk. "I've been dusting the objects d'art." (Her fans will recall that Miss Tinee's wedding gift to her husband was a life-size nude statue of herself.) A nursemaid appeared, carrying Mae's new-born infant Garnette and Mae explained, "I had her by natural childbirth. I didn't want to miss one minute of it. My husband Ulysses did the preparation exercises right along with...
...Mae," I protested, "this is all so new for you. Isn't it awfully difficult for you to adjust to motherhood...
...that moment Ulysses came in from the heart-shaped swim pool and kissed me on the cheek. He said he wanted to make sure I told the people about Mae's new record of spirituals, and I promised to pass...
Soon I left the lovebirds alone in their adorable house, secure that Mae is over her troubles and has found at last the joy she so richly deserves. As I drove away I thought of her wise words. "My new-found maturity makes me feel at one--with the universe...