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...Washington, with the departure of Nicole Alphand, party-giving wife of the former French ambassador, the Spanish and Venezuelan embassies have become the chic places to go, and Latin fare has leaped into prominence. The favorites: esponjoso, a rich, caramel-covered confection that delighted Lady Bird when she sampled it at the Venezuelan embassy, and pisio, a Spanish vegetable concoction similar to the French ratatouille...
Pierre Cardin is one of Paris' most creative couturiers, famous as the man who eight years ago first put models in crash helmets, two years ago matched short skirts with stockings and slashed the décolletages. Nicole Alphand was known as Washington's hostess par excellence in the Kennedy era, famed for her charm, elegance and political savvy (TIME cover, Nov. 22, 1963). Together they are proving an unbeatable team...
Despite raised eyebrows at the Quai d'Orsay, Nicole announced her appointment as Cardin's publicity director soon after Husband Herve Alphand was recalled from his post as French ambassador. Explained Nicole, who has been on the International Best-Dressed List for six years: "It is time that someone did something for Frenchwomen. One should give them the possibility, even on a small budget, to have the stamp of a great couturier...
...construction workers, clad in khakis and cement dust, grinned delightedly over their lunchtime beers and sandwiches as she accompanied Architect Marcel Breuer on an inspection tour of the new Whitney Museum of American Art in Manhattan. Meantime, at some less gritty feeds, old New Frontier Friend Nicole Alphand was swirling around town winding up a hectic month of goodbyes. Everyone was a little mournful now that French Ambassador Hervé Alphand was taking his glittering wife back to Paris, where he will become Secretary General of the French Foreign Office. Said Dean Rusk, recalling Nicole's brilliant seven-year...
...guests were easily recognizable and hardly the crashing type: the Bobby Kennedys (who arrived one at a time in a beige Lincoln Continental convertible), the Stephen Smiths, Pat Lawford, Lee Radziwill, the Robert McNamaras, Douglas Dillon, Cartoonist Charles Addams, Author Truman Capote, Artist William Walton, Mme. Hervé Alphand and Mrs. Paul Mellon...