• • Mae West Ruled Fashion in 1933 • •
• • Mae West’s love of excess • •
• • Laird Borrelli-Persson wrote: With the American Masters documentary in mind, we charted Mae West’s influence on fashion as it was reported in Vogue. Aesthetics aside, it’s the symbolism that is most interesting here. The First World War begat a nihilistic and Gatsby-like generation, which lived like there was no tomorrow.
• • Laird Borrelli-Persson wrote: After the crash of 1929, the future looked bleak indeed. America was in the midst of the Depression when Mae West appeared in “She Done Him Wrong,” and her love of excess and her oozing femininity was something to revel in.
• • Mae West vamped in Vogue • • …
• • This fascinating 8-part series will be continued tomorrow.
• • Source: Laird Borrelli-Persson’s article in Vogue; posted on Wednesday, 17 June 2020.
• • On Tuesday, 2 July 1935 • •
• • During a hot summer, the studio wrestled with the Hays Office over the "Klondike Annie" script. Mae West and Paramount got more bad news from the censors on Tuesday, 2 July 1935.
• • The Hays Office wrote: "We judge from your letter that during part of this picture, Miss West will be masquerading as an exponent of religion or a religious worker. ..."
• • July 2004: 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, the Broadway star, who made a picture called "She Done Him Wrong," is claimed to have caused a change in feminine fashions. Miss West is a well set up, curved blonde. Before she achieved success in her first starring picture, women had to be slim — — or they were out of fashion. But Mae West has changed that.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: “I was in a tight spot, but I managed to wriggle out of it.”
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • A museum in England mentioned Mae West.
• • "Ladies in their corsets" • •
• • The Chelmsford Museum staff explained: "We can see in the 1890s how fashion was obliging women to squeeze their hips as well as their waists. In a reaction, Paris fashion rejected the corset altogether during the Great War. The more gentle elastic girdle replaced the corset in the 1920s. Fashion was demanding women be beanstalks, with hips, waist and even the bust tightly restricted. Luckily Hollywood and, in particular, Mae West came to the rescue." …
• • Source: The Chelmsford Museum; published during September 2012
• • 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 4,509th 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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