JohnKent(RandolphScott),aformerstarfootballplayeratHarvard,goestoPariswithhisfriendHuckHaines(FredAstaire)andthelatter'sdanceband,theWabashIndianians.AlexanderVoyda(LuisAlberni)ha*ookedtheband,butrefusestoletthemplaywhenhefindsthemusiciansarenottheIndiansheexpected,butmerelyfromIndiana(HuckHainesandhisIndianiansBand).JohnturnstotheonlypersonheknowsinParisforhelp,hisAuntMinnie(HelenWestley),whoownsthefashionable"Roberta"gownshop.Whilethere,hemeetsherchiefassistant(andsecretlytheheaddesigner),Stephanie(IreneDunne).Johnisquickly*ittenwithher.Meanwhile,Huckunexpectedlystumblesuponsomeoneheknowsverywell."CountessScharwenka",atemperamentalcustomeratRoberta's,turnsouttobehishometownsweetheartLizzieGatz(GingerRogers).ShegetsHuck'*andanengagementatthenightclubwheresheisafeaturedentertainer.TwothingstroubleJohn.OneisLadislaw(VictorVarconi),thehandsomeRussiandeposedprinceanddoormanwhoseemstoointerestedinStephanie.TheotheristhememoryofSophie(ClaireDodd),thesnobbish,conceitedgirlfriendheleftbehindafteraquarreloverhislackofsophisticationandpolish.WhenAuntMinniediesunexpectedlywithoutle*ingawill,Johninheritstheshop.Knowingnothingaboutwomen'sfashionandthathisauntintendedforStephanietoinheritthebusiness,hepersuadesStephanietoremainashispartner.Correspondentsflocktohearwhatafootballplayerhastosayaboutfemininefashions.Huckgivestheanswers,*alotofweirdstatementsabouttheinnovationsJohnisplanningtointroduce.SophiearrivesinParis,attractedbyJohn'sgoodfortune.Sheenterstheshop,lookingforadress,butisdissatisfiedwitheverythingStephanieshowsher.HuckpersuadeshertochooseagownthatJohnhadordereddiscardedastoovulgar.WhenJohnseesherinit,theyquarrelforthefinaltime.JohnreproachesStephanieforsellingSophiethegown.Terriblyhurt,Stephaniequitstheshop.WithRoberta'sputtingonafashionshowinaweek,Hucktakesoverthedesignwork,withpredictablybadresults.WhenStephanieseeshisawfulcreations,sheispersuadedtoreturntos*eRoberta'sreputation.Theshowisatriumph,helpedbytheentertainingofHuck,CountessScharwenka,andtheband.(Apre-stardomLucilleBall,withplatinumblondhair,appearsuncreditedinherfirstRKOfilm[4]asamodelwearinganelaboratefeathercape,afterthevocalbyDunne,inthefashionshow.[5])TheclosingsensationisagownmodeledbyStephanieherself.Attheshow,JohnoverhearsthatsheandLadislawarele*ingParisandmistakenlyassumesthattheyh*emarried.Later,hecongratulatesherforbecomingaprincess.WhensheinformshimthatLadislawi*erelyhercousinandthatthetitleha*eenherssincebirth,theloversarereunited.HuckandLizzie,whodecidetogetmarried,doafinaltapdancesequel.