Garbo was a real screen goddess but in her spare time, in all her private moments, she didn't show a divine behaviour regarding her personal style, on the contrary, she was totally different.

She didn't like glamour at all, neither in her dressing, nor in her makeup or her hairstyle. She thought very practical and liked it very comfortable. Quite simple and  nothing spectacular at all.

That was Garbo. A dream queen with beauty and glamour onscreen, a very unglamourous woman offscreen. Typical Garbo!

 

 
Garbo 'private'
 

 Greta liked to wear men's clothes (tailored shirts, silk ties, pajamas) and men's shoes (preferably oxfords) ... that she used few cosmetics and rarely bothered with her hair ….

 She wore comfortable clothes, sneakers, or flat-heeled shoes (her favorite style was a dancer's slipper) and pulled her hair back in a rubber band. She did not have to be exotic or glamorous; she didn't care what people thought.

 In private she did not wear any jewels except of a single gold ring on one finger.