Word: blass
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Pittsburgh Pirates, behind the three hit pitching of Steve Blass, moved back into World Series contention with a 5-1 victory over the powerful Baltimore Orioles...
...comfortable and smart. Says Stan Herman, designer for Mr. Mort: "Business was so rotten last year that we began to look around for the answer -and the answer was to give the lady out in Middle America what she wants. It's a salable look." Manhattan Designer Bill Blass is even more emphatic. "I have just returned from Minneapolis," he reports, "a city I consider a good barometer of the mood of the country, and I found women hungry for clothes...
They just haven't been buying, but now they're tempted." Blass, whose forte is the tailored look, says that "we learned last year the best we can do is make suggestions." Elaine Honest, vice president and merchandise manager for designer fashions at Manhattan's Bonwit Teller, agrees: "We're ready for some sensible clothes. We've had every ethnic look possible over the past year...
...also true that the Pirates are coming into their own as a team. Their pitching is clicking-particularly Righthanders Dock Ellis and Steve Blass, who have accounted for 25 wins against only seven losses this season. Pirate hitting is positively awesome; no fewer than five starters-Stargell, Roberto Clemente, Manny Sanguillen, Dave Cash and Richie Hebner-are batting over .300. As a result, the Pirates are leading the league in games won (64), runs scored (502), hits (981), home runs (104), runs batted in (473) and hitting (.282). For all their joint heroics, though, the Bucs ascribe their strong showing...
...U.S.O. or to wrap bundles for Britain. The well-dressed man, newly attired in his double-breasted suit, could be off to vote for Roosevelt or Landon. Back in style are shoulder bags, wedgies, wrap-around fox scarves, and curly hairdos-all part of what Designer Bill Blass terms "the sexy vulgarity" of the '40s. Hot pants? You might have been arrested for calling them that, but there they were 30 years ago. "Most of the styles you see today I've worn already," remarks Rita Hayworth, who once helped make famous a garment called "shorts...