Today is the 100th anniversary of the birth of Mr. Gene Kelly, the late American song and dance man who with Fred Astaire dominated those roles in his era. And today the birthday boy demonstrates how a touch of color worn at the neck can complete the neutrals of the season and draw the eye to the face of the wearer, which is after all where it ought to be.
Always competently dressed himself, Kelly lacked Astaire's memorable style and has less of a place in our collective consciousness for that. But he knew that the sun is the place for white and tan neutrals, where they are given a necessary spark by a colored shirt collar or cotton bandana.
Photo: An American in Paris
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Astaire is elegant, effete and debonair; Kelly has the virility and guileless style.
American In Paris: I would opine the most magical and charming of all MGM musicals.
(Witty inclusion of 'Winston Churchill')
Mmmmmm. Gene Kelly. What a guy!
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