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Jacques Fath, a slim, blond newcomer, added a bodice of torturing wire stays to his model of dusty blue taffeta, "Argengon" (price: $650). Hermès, famed for his sport dresses, featured his low-necked "Boston." Another newcomer, Pierre Balmain, managed to be very chic and comparatively reasonable: his mauve taffeta and tight-skirted black silk evening gown (price: $360) also had long gloves of matching taffeta. Spanish-born, ex-Communist Balenciaga was the only one who went against the mode. The New York Sun's Judy Barden quipped about Balenciaga's conservative collection: "It reminds...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FASHIONS: Something Old, Something New | 10/29/1945 | See Source »

...seat position. This time I confidently inform my neighbors that Harvard is my hope, whereupon said neighbors commence to bellow out: "B-R-O-W-N." I felt a long ways from home. If ever, dear reader, you witness a football match in Australia, don't "barrack" (cheer) for Balmain among the Newtonites. You may never see the Statue of Liberty again...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Australian Graduate Student Writes of First View of American Football in Harvard Stadium | 10/13/1936 | See Source »

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