Edith Piaf and Jacques Peals on her wedding day. Marlene Dietrich was her Maid of Honor, September 1952. Photos by Allan Grant
Marlene Dietrich in Dishonored, 1931. Dir. Josef von Sternberg
Marlene Dietrich, photographed by Eugene Robert Richee, 1933.
Marlene Dietrich in ‘Morocco’, photographed by Eugene Robert Richee, 1930.
Cecil with Marlene, 1933.
When the girls dress like the boys x white tie and tails VIII. Marlene Dietrich understood men’s clothes better than most men. And style wise she was far ahead of her time. In a time in which women were more or less stuck to skirts and dresses, she started raiding the male wardrobe to add to her collection of dresses and gowns. She had her men’s tailors, shirtmakers and cobblers (she frequented quite a few) make her suits, blazers, sports coats, shirts and custom made trousers. But only Knize in Vienna and Eddie Schmidt in Hollywood made her many tails. Fun trivia: Dietrich’s starched shirt cuffs were directly attached with a hidden buttoned fastening in the sleeve of her dress suits. So she wore sleeveless shirts with her tailcoat, that allowed for quick costume changes and slimmer, more feminely cut jacket sleeves. And while costume jewelry was always worn with stage costumes, for Marlene’s favorite white tie and tails, the cuff links were always her own- from Cartier, Van Cleef & Arpels or Trabert & Hoeffer.
Marlene Dietrich at the Biltmore Theatre in Los Angeles for the premiere of Sign of the Cross, January 23, 1932. (x)
Marlene, in masculine garb, sails for visit home
New York…The beautiful Marlene Dietrich, film star pictured on the S.S. Europa when she sailed for a vacation in her native Germany, last night, May 13th. As usual, Marlene is clad entirely in man’s attire, the fad she started in the film colony in Hollywood.
