• • Mae West Ruled Fashion in 1933 • •
• • Mae West vamped in Vogue • •
• • Laird Borrelli-Persson wrote: (It’s interesting to note, too, that the corseted hourglass shape she made fashionable, was revisited after World War II and called the New Look.) All the more so because there was nothing saccharine about the silver-tongued Brooklynite.
• • Laird Borrelli-Persson wrote: Here is a timeline of Mae West’s fashion take-over in Vogue Magazine.
• • “Vogue’s Spotlight on the Current Shows” by David Carb, April 15, 1933
• • David Carb wrote: “When Mae West says ‘Come up to my room sometime,’ the temperature in the movie theater goes up 20 degrees. For this amply cushioned lady of the yellow hair and the leering lip has 'IT' to an overpowering extent. She literally hurls it at you.”
• • Vogue — — 15 June 1933 • • . . .
• • This fascinating 8-part series will be continued tomorrow.
• • Source: Laird Borrelli-Persson’s article in Vogue; posted on Wednesday, 17 June 2020.
• • On Monday, 3 July 1933 • •
• • Production of Mae West's motion picture "I'm No Angel" began on Monday, 3 July 1933 in Hollywood (and concluded in September 1933).
• • July 2004: The Mae West Blog launches • •
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its Sweet 16th anniversary • •
• • We've been the main Mae source for documentaries, solo shows, and biographies— — offering a trove of info, quotes, along with Westian arcana, thanks to 4,500+ posts.
• • We’re still here to keep Mae mavens up to date, correct errors, celebrate each revival of a play she wrote, post the latest Westian stage and book reviews. And answer our fan mail!
• • The ghost light’s still on. Come up and see Mae every day.
• • Overheard in Hollywood • •
• • Mae West is something of a natural force, to be accepted like the law of gravity, not written to. We suspect a sizable part of her fan correspondence grows from a reputation for generosity, which, by all accounts, is deserved.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "My pictures do not shock me, but I have been genuinely shocked by stories and some scenes that I have seen in the picture shows."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A newspaper in Perth, Australia mentioned Mae West.
• • "Mae West-ian'' Styles • •
• • New Trend in Fashion World • •
• • The fashion world is due for another "Mae West-ian" cycle. This news broke In Hollywood recently when style scouts reviewed the designs which Travis Banton. Paramount Pictures designer, discussed with them and described as the "1934 Gibson Girl Mode." . . .
• • Source: The Sunday Times (Perth); published on Sunday, 26 August 1934
• • The evolution of 2 Mae West plays that keep her memory alive • •
• • A discussion with Mae West playwright LindaAnn LoSchiavo — —
• • http://lideamagazine.com/renaissance-woman-new-york-city-interview-lindaann-loschiavo/
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its 16th anniversary • •
• • Thank you for reading, sending questions, and posting comments during these past fifteen years. Not long ago, we entertained 3,497 visitors. And we reached a milestone recently when we completed 4,500 blog posts. Wow!
• • By the Numbers • •
• • The Mae West Blog was started fifteen years ago in July 2004. You are reading the 4,510th blog post. Unlike many blogs, which draw upon reprinted content from a newspaper or a magazine and/ or summaries, links, or photos, the mainstay of this blog is its fresh material focused on the life and career of Mae West, herself an American original.
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