
Jean Harris' look played by Mitzi Gaynor from the movie Birds and the Bees!
It seems as though the TV screen has taken over my life these sad, long days as I sit on the couch and plop. It has been quite the lazy two weeks for me, but all in good time. My sister has a netflix account, so I was able to choose what films I would be interested in--the decision? Audrey Hepburn, Carry Grant, Mitzi Gaynor, and Frank Sinatra movies=brilliant.
One film I saw, that I absolutely adored, was
The Birds and the Bees: plot that consisted of Jean, a beautiful gambler, who was out to take George "Hotsy" Hamilton's (played by George Gobel) money from his inheritance due to
Hamiltons hot dogs, while on a cruise through Africa. Sure enough, Jean falls for the man she is trying to trick; hes sweet, sensitive, a little goofy, and a klutz. When George proposes to Jean on the boat, one moonlit night after a tap dance number, she says yes and they are off to home in the morning. Suddenly, George's companion he had on the ship found information revealing that Jean and her father were famous gamblers and are not to be trusted. George calls things off, but meets Jean again a few months later...in his own home! This time, Jean is now Countess Louise and falls in love with George all over again. After getting married and revealing she is no countess, they live happily ever after back on the boat.
Enough with the summary, and on to the fashion!
Jean Harris and Countess Louise had AMAZING Fashion, for it being in the 60's. The stylist for this film must have had a field day when she was able to choose the outifts for Gaynor. Dresses, hats, shoes, pajamas, you name it; everything flirtacious for a very flirtacious young woman. By far, one of the best outfits would be the red dress she wore when she tripped George to get his attention--definately got mine!
The set I made above has some items and garments that would help you invision the lovely Mitzi Gaynor in
The Birds and the Bees.
Stay stylish,
Cecilie