Word: ballgown
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...François Truffaut, Joan Fontaine (Rebecca), Janet Leigh (Psycho). Cyril Ritchard (Blackmail) and Monaco's Princess Grace (Rear Window, Dial M for Murder). Grace, whose career was made in Hitchcock movies, quoted one of Hitch's quips. After being stuffed into a tightfitting gold lamé ballgown for To Catch a Thief, she was greeted by him with "There's hills in them thar gold." As for Hitchcock, he emphasized that there is protocol even in murder. "Nothing more revolts my sense of decency," he said, "than an underground character being able to murder people...
...Nixon, who had been almost as sensible as her husband in appearing at many of the special events in clothes that she already had, glittered in a long-sleeved turquoise ballgown designed by Adele Simpson. Recovering from the flu, Tricia Nixon Cox, escorted by Husband Ed, wore a rose-red satin gown. Julie Nixon Eisenhower, whose husband sat out the week's events on duty in the Mediterranean, wore a long white satin dress and woollen fox-trimmed cape to match as she made her round of the evening galas...
Advice and Consent. The inaugural ballgown cinched the job. A deep yellow satin formal designed by Harvey Berin, the dress was warm enough (with matching jacket) to be worn outside, festive enough for the occasion (with embroidery and beading), comfortable enough (with an easy, straight skirt) and photogenic enough (with simple, straight lines) to win Mrs. Nixon's wholehearted approval. The fashion industry was less enthusiastic. "A dress for the mother of the bride," sneered Designer Chester Weinberg. "A schoolteacher on her night out," snipped Mollie Parnis...