Mae West: Lacy Peignoirs

Despite all you think you know about MAE WEST, there’s always something new. Did you know how much Mae loved clothes and that she even collected them, for instance? 
• • This intimate interview with Mae West was first seen in 2009. This is Part 12 of 29 parts.
• • From the Archive: A Candid (and Entertaining) Interview with Mae West • •
• • Mae West's lacy peignoirs • •  
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote: Mae loved clothes and was a collector of them. Her perfectly kept gowns were not just stored but seemed to have a life of their own, rather like a row of headless ladies standing there waiting for a party to rescue them from their boredom.
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote: The feathered boas and lacy peignoirs looked as though they had stories to tell if I could have interviewed them, but they were forever keeping all confidences.
• • Charlotte Chandler wrote: Mae’s final fashion show was for her best and favourite audience, preening for herself, alone.
• • Mae West didn’t like to give interviews to women • •   . . .
• • This long and fascinating interview will be continued tomorrow.
• • Source: AnOther Magazine; published  Autumn—Winter 2009 issue; rpt on Wednesday, 27 May 2020.
• • On Wednesday, 28 July 1954 in Variety • •
• • Variety was awestruck by "this magnificent herd of males" and such a refreshing new concept. The article "Odds Are Sex-to-1 Mae West Makes Her Point in Las Vegas" was printed on page 3 in Variety on Wednesday, 28 July 1954.
• • July 2004: Mae West Blog launches • •
• • The Mae West Blog celebrates its Sweet 16th anniversary • •

• • What are we up to, writing about the Brooklyn-born bombshell for 16 sweet years now?
• • 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 • •
• • Johnny Winter and Janis Joplin attended the premiere of "Myra Breckinridge" together.
• • In Her Own Words • •
• • Mae West said: "I'm a single gal with a single-track mind."
• • Quote, Unquote • •
• • The Film Daily mentioned Mae West.
• • "A Little from Lots" • •
• • Ralph Wilk wrote: Charles McAvoy, who launched Mae West on the road to acting success, is in the cast of Paramount's "Murder at the Vanities." He taught the curvaceous screen star her first ditty in a Broadway theatre, when Mae was seven years old. 
• • Note: Charles McAvoy was born in NYC on 2 April 1885. He died  in Los Angeles on 20 April 1953. He was 68. In 1900, when Mae would have been 7, then Charlie would've been a lad of 15.  ...

• • Source: The Film Daily; published on  Monday, 26 February 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 4,527th 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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