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- The 50s sweater was a refinement of a trend that had started back in the late 30s. Lana Turner’s appearance in a tight-fitting knit sweater in the 1937 movie ‘ They Won’t Forget ‘ sparked a new interest in knit sweaters as fashion magazines dubbed her look the ‘sweater girl.’
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Feb 8, 2021 · Lana got the nickname "The Sweater Girl" as a result of the form-fitting, figure-accentuating top her character wore in her feature film debut, Mervyn LeRoy's legal drama They Won't...
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The term "sweater girl" was made popular in the 1940s and 1950s to describe Hollywood actresses like Lana Turner, Jayne Mansfield, and Jane Russell, who adopted the popular fashion of wearing tight, form-fitting sweaters that emphasized the woman's bustline.
- The Discovery of “Sweater Girl”
- Her Extensive Body of Work. Turner left behind a substantial body of work, enough to keep Turner Classic Movies lined up for a year of Saturdays. She appeared in more than 50 films — and was nominated for an Oscar for her 1957 portrayal of a neurotic mother in Peyton Place — as well as a number of episodic television series.
- Keeping the Tabloids in Business. Turner was married no fewer than 8 times, though one was a double trip down the aisle — restaurateur Stephen Crane, father of her one child, a daughter named Cheryl Crane.
- Swept Up in a Storm of Abuse, Addiction and Depression. Cut to 1948, when Turner’s career was transitioning from light teen films to weightier dramas. She married a very rich man named Bob Topping in an elaborate wedding that calls to mind Kim Kardashian’s nuptial extravagances decades later.
Feb 28, 2020 · From Lana’s earliest fashion influences to her dream closet as Hollywood’s most glamorous star; from the “Lana Turner Glam Squad” who created her much imitated look to Lana’s personal style favorites; today it’s all about Lana Turner and fashion.
Dec 9, 2020 · As she skipped into view for the very first time, wearing a short-sleeved woollen sweater, it was as if the title was tailor made for her. Given the nickname 'the sweater girl', Turner would go on to become the archetype of the 1940s and 1950s pin-up.
Jul 5, 1995 · She emerged during World War II - and it was no accident that MGM’s beloved Sweater Girl was one of Hollywood’s pre-eminent pin-up girls, slugging it out with Fox’s Betty Grable for the position...
She was cast as a sweatered Southern belle who drifted through one speechless scene. “A Thing,” Lana recalls, “walked slowly down the street, then away. She wore a tight sweater and her breasts...
