Accidently found this looking for a quote. Unknown movie to me, but Ms. Hussey in Philadelphia Story is wonderful.
https://www.collectingclassichollywood.com/2013/01/ruth-hussey-in-great-gatsby.html
Thanks for sharing that!
Ma'am, Yes Ma'am.
All I need do now is figure out why all the women seem to be wearing men's jackets so we all can sell them "Kostume" again, ha-ha.
(https://i.postimg.cc/BjhGWTfP/AP22214582896229.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/BjhGWTfP)
(https://i.postimg.cc/KKwSjmzZ/Screenshot-5722.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/KKwSjmzZ)
as opposed to Ginger Rogers in 1935 movie Tophat.
(https://i.postimg.cc/21LgtPGM/Screenshot-5719.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/21LgtPGM)
Lots more than a Donlon wedge going on in "To Have and Have Not"-Bogart/Bacall..
(https://i.postimg.cc/rDqtZkqF/bacall-have-and-have-not.gif) (https://postimg.cc/rDqtZkqF)
But the point is made... Is it just people don't know, don't care, or has dressing badly become its own status symbol of the era?