PRE WAR DRESS
FOR GINGER ROGERS. The lovely silver and blue dress worn by Irene Castle at the height of her dancing fame twenty-four years ago will be worn again by Ginger Rogers in her forthcoming film. “The Castles.” a screen version of the lives of Mrs Castle and her late husband. Vernon Castle.
Designed by Lady Duff Gordon, the dress is “ageless in style,” according to Mrs Castle, who declares the gown conformed to no Paris dictates then or now.
“It is simply a beautiful, charming dress that any woman can wear,” said Mrs Castle. “It has a natural waistline, it is floor length, has a wide, full skirt in four layers of chiffon and features the torn hem-line. "I ha,d a number of gowns made at the time I used it in my dance numbers with Vernon Castle, and the last one was in perfect condition when W3' gave up the act so Vernon could enlist in the Royal Flying Corps at the beginning of the World War. “I have kept it ever since, and it is as good as new.” Mrs Castle believes the gown will always be in style because it follows no special fad of the day but stresses beauty of line and colour. Fred Astaire will be co-starred with Miss Rogers in the picture.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 16 March 1939, Page 5
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