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Greta Garbo

Fashion

What Garbo is wearing was reported in complete detail on every occasion. At the congress of American hairdressers in Philadelphia, 1938, loud protests were launched against Garbo for being interviewed and photographed with long, straight hair at a time when the current fashion prescribed combing it on the crown. Later the manufacturers of silk stockings protested to her wearing woolen stockings. Shortly afterwards the ladies‘ tailors and the cosmetic industry expressed their displeasure. Sometime later attention was focused on “the new Garbo“ once again.

Con garbo

The meaning of the Italian word “garbo“ is “grace“ or “politeness“. The meaning cannot have been unknown to the famous conductor Leopold Stokowski. He is seen in the picture on the left with Garbo in Italy, 1937. Stokowski is one of the many men who have been presented in regular reports of her “impending marriage“. In 1938 it was said they were going to make a film about Tschaikovsky together.

Garbo‘s diet

became another topic of discussion when Garbo was seen often with Gaylord Hauser, the dietician. When they were photographed together in Palm Beach in 1940 (next double-page spread) it was said that everything was set for the wedding.

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