Word: balmain
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...spectacle bathed in dancing waters, fireworks and rain. The puppets-131 rubber and plastic females, seven wooden males-are about three feet high, and no expense has been spared in fitting them out; some of the miniature gowns cost as much as $2,000 apiece and were designed by Balmain. Star puppets resembling such people as Mae West, Charles Boyer, and Liberace speak with the recorded voices of the stars themselves...
...politics, protocol and humor. Seated between Mme. Houphouet-Boigny and Mme. Ernest Boka, wife of the Ivory Coast Supreme Court Chief Justice, he regaled both women in his Boston-accented French. He even inquired about the designer of Mme. Houphouet-Boigny's dress; informed that it was by Balmain, Kennedy observed that this would disappoint Dior...
Bond also seems to have the full range of modern technological fun and games at his fingertips-from automobiles (which fascinate him) to aqualungs. He talks knowledgeably about perfume (though he admits the gaffe of once attributing Vent Vert to Dior instead of Balmain). He is a whiz at games; his adventures include several elaborately described games at which Bond wins five-figure stakes from the villain-usually by out-cheating...
...allow freedom to Twist. Everybody had his say about hemlines: Laroche and Cardin lowered theirs; Dessès, Patou, Crahay. Goma and Bohan stayed within striking distance of the kneecap. Other touches: almost every designer stuck ruffles on his models, snapped wide belts around everything-even evening dresses (Balmain, who dresses Thailand's Queen Sirikit, belted a wedding gown). Apart from sex, the only other area of general agreement in Paris was color. Apricot was very big, followed by orange, yellow and the so-called sherbet colors...
...sound like a low-calorie diet-carrot, eggplant, prune, cherry and mint. Fabrics range from ordinary reversible wools, suede and leather to delicately worked jerseys, crepe, chiffon and much velvet. The favorite by far is fur-Maggy Rouff shows an all-beaver skirt, Patou an all-nutria dress, and Balmain (a sort of latter-day Gregor Mendel) crosses persian lamb with tweed for a hybrid stadium plaid...