One of my idols is Greta Garbo. She wore her hats with dignity and style. I posted two videos of hers in the “Hat Nostalgia” Blog the visuals and music bring tears to my eyes.
Here are the videos again and we are very grateful to the poster to You Tube for the wonderful gift.
I am obliged to Fabienne from Belgium who posted these wonderful videos to You Tube. Here is the URL of her blog in French. Great pictures of Garbo. http://ciccione.blogs.allocine.fr/
A few facts about Greta Garbo
Born Greta Lovisa Gustafsson
18 September 1905, Stockholm, Sweden
Died 15 April 1990 (aged 84 New York, New York
Her famous saying was “I want (vont) to be alone”. This was said with a heavy accent, you believed she did not really want to be alone.
Some Movies of hers:
Grand Hotel
Mata Hari
Queen Christina (loved the boy dress up but not too convincing)
Anna Karenina
Camille
Ninotchka
In Ninotchka she plays a Russian Commissar, in Communist Days who went to Paris on a mission. She falls in love with a very decadent hat on display in the hotel. The Movie was remade as a musical in the Fifties as “Silk Stockings”- you guessed it the objective of affection were silk stockings. I suppose it was left over from World War II when silk stockings were very hard to come by. Still I believe hats should have been more of a priority.
