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...chic pastel salon, there is a headless and barrel-chested, size 46, grey muslin model standing majestically between those of Claudette Colbert, size 32, and Norma Shearer, size 32. Adrian's loose-leaf notebook lists the Traubel specifications after those for "Temple, Shirley." They tell a sizable story: "Bust, 51 inches [Shirley's is 34"]; waist, 45½ inches; upper hips, 47 inches; lower hips, 46 inches." The Isolde costumes required from 18 to 25 yards, cost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Happy Heroine | 11/11/1946 | See Source »

Traubel's personal wardrobe consists of mannishly tailored suits and simple dresses which make no attempt to hide her broad shoulders. Says Adrian: "We attract as little attention as possible to her bust. Her great bulk is disguised by making lines run up and down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Happy Heroine | 11/11/1946 | See Source »

...that or bust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Goes On Here? | 11/11/1946 | See Source »

...cannot bust...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Goes On Here? | 11/11/1946 | See Source »

...chorus of U.S. business leaders last week sounded rather like these Gertrude Steinfuls. They flitted portentously around a subject of great import-a national bust. But they too never got down to brass tacks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What Goes On Here? | 11/11/1946 | See Source »

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