Dee Hartford

This is a 1964 Lydia Lane article. Enjoy!

Dee Hartford has achieved a personal chic, the goal of every clothes-conscious female. “It takes time to decide how you want to look, but once you have discovered how to accomplish this, everything you buy will contribute to this effect. You make mistakes and false starts, but you begin to find clothes you feel more comfortable in, look your best and receive compliments. “I am a suit girl,” Dee confessed on the “Alfred Hitchcock Show” set. “I like a good clean uncluttered line, a free, easy jacket with beautiful workmanship so it will hold its shape for years.”

“I like a suit for evenings at the theater or parties. You can have a sleeveless, shell blouse and be as dressy as you want when you take your coat off. A girl who invests in two good suits, one for day and one for night, can make a better impression wearing the same thing all the time than if she has lots of inexpensive changes. “With imagination as to color and with good accessories, you can make a basic black suit look different each time you wear it. It is hard to convince a budget-conscious girl that she is not being extravagant when she pays a high price for a suit. Quite the contrary. She is being economical because it will last a long time after her bargains have worn out.”