Word: bendel
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...1930s, when people still looked up every time an airplane flew over, and a woman who wore pants was either an actress or an athlete. He could hardly have foreseen the day when, at high noon, two out of every five women passing the entrance of Henri Bendel's in Manhattan would be dressed in trousers. The fact that women's pants are a fact of life (45 million pairs will be sold in the U.S. this year) is a source of solid comfort to fabric manufacturers. It takes three yards of material to make a pair...
...Hilson, a friend of the Duchess of Windsor. Mrs. Hil son also took Julie to lunch at Manhattan's chic Cote Basque-and then swept the bride-to-be off in her chauffeured Rolls to start an afternoon round of shopping. Julie went to Bonniers, Bonwit Teller and Bendel's. Julie's wedding shoes, low-heeled white satin pumps with tiny seed-pearl bows in the back, come from Bendel's. Priscilla of Boston, who produced Luci Baines Johnson's 1966 wedding to Patrick Nugent, rounded up the wedding gown, bridesmaids' dresses and trousseau...
Perhaps so, in the case of people with limited nerve and imagination. But for those with flair, fashion has seldom been more exciting. "Instant individualism" is how Henri Bendel President Geraldine Stutz describes what is happening, and she notes that it is also a safe way to dress. After all, she says, "no two people can really come out with the same combination, even if they use the same six or seven components...
Maybe. But for the moment, at least, the new maxis or midis seem not so much a threat to the miniskirt as an alternative. "The midi will get time, but not equal time with the mini," predicts Henri Bendel President Geraldine Stutz. She sees the midi as "a great outfit with boots and winter coats and a charming new look for evening," a change of pace from today's popular caftans and hostess pajamas. "It is very possible that skirts will drop during the next few seasons," says Dior's Marc Bohan, but adds: "The change will...
...They are walking right out of the store-they are going out as fast as we can get them in" says Geraldine Stutz, president of Manhattan's Henri Bendel. She is talking about women's pants suits, the fashion rage of the season...