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...next year. Nahema's debut was one of the biggest barrages in a war of dollars and scents being waged by French perfumers this fall: more than 20 new fragrances are coming out, and most will carry the names of well-known fashion houses, including Balenciaga, Courreges and Balmain...
What seems to concern the French as much as the spread of the American scent is the expansion of American ownership of perfume houses. Coty, for instance, is owned by the Pfizer pharmaceutical firm, Pierre Balmain by Revlon, and Jean d'Albret by Max Factor. Globally, sales of U.S.-owned perfume firms exceeded $1 billion last year, compared with $737 million for the French. Girding themselves against further U.S. competition, many older French perfume houses have sought mergers with larger European corporations, and a long moribund national perfume-promoting organization called Prestige has been revived. Says Bernard Lanvin, head...
...Provocation. The 1930s theme was echoed by every Paris couturier from Givenchy, Balmain, Scherrer and Lapidus to Dior, St. Laurent and Chanel. Marc Bohan, Dior's successor, set the early pace. His skirts were long and supple. His jackets, closed at the waist with a narrow belt, were full and casual. Evening dresses, as diaphanous as lingerie, hint of luxury...
...walking stick and tuxedos. Bianca is not the only clotheshorse Nicaragua is betting on. The postal service has issued a series of "Famous Couturiers of the World" stamps that reflects a more staid image than Bianca's. The series of eight includes a five-cordoba stamp ($2.00) for Balmain of Paris, a one-cordoba stamp for the French designer Givenchy, and a 15-centavo stamp for Halston, the only American honored...
...walking stick and tuxedos. Bianca is not the only clotheshorse Nicaragua is betting on. The postal service has issued a series of "Famous Couturiers of the World" stamps that reflects a more staid image than Bianca's. The series of eight includes a five-cordoba stamp ($2.00) for Balmain of Paris, a one-cor-doba stamp for the French designer Givenchy, and a 15-centavo stamp for Halston, the only American honored...