Word: bohan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...expected, Yves Saint Laurent and Christian Dior's Marc Bohan shared center stage in presenting haute couture to the class of '78. Their message was wel come to those grown weary of gypsy dresses and the theatrical costuming that has flavored European fashion for the past three seasons. The feminine form is back, in clothes that are clean-lined, uncluttered, soft and supple. Today's couture, said Bohan, "is a return to simplicity...
...less daring than in years past, last week's collections seemed decidedly more wearable. Dior's Bohan bolstered his stock of gowns with evening pantsuits in sensuous fabrics. Scherrer leaned toward a Chaplinesque look in suits, and even outfitted his models with bowler hats and canes...
...generous with credit. "We've carried good customers up to $600 before in strike times," says David Howard, a grocer in Masontown, Pa., "and we'll do it again, just as long as we possibly can." Bars are doing brisker business than before. Remarks Tilly Bohan, manager of the Trocadero in Masontown: "They say miners come into this world poor and go out poor, but I never saw the day that, strike or no strike, a miner couldn't come up with money for a beer...
BELLE ÉPOQUE. While most of the designers were evoking images of the celluloid past or far-flung lands, Marc Bohan for the House of Dior chose his motifs from a nearer era-France's Belle Epoque. Inspired by the writings of Colette, his clothes are flirtatious and feminine. Here there are no robes that conceal the figure, no heavy padding-only effervescent clothes that capture the spirit of Gigi, the gay gamine immortalized by Maurice Chevalier's Thank Heaven for Little Girls...
Pierrot collars and flounces adorned many of Bohan's dresses, capes and blouses. For evening, there were a strapless ball gown supported by whalebone, tiered party dresses, and taffeta capes with double Pierrot collars. The knee-length daytime outfits, including simple black wool suits and Spencer jackets worn with black stockings, narrow neckties and black velvet hair ribbons, drew sustained applause from an audience that included both Madame Claude Pompidou and Bianca Jagger. Said Bergdorf Goodman President Ira Neimark, who plans to buy ten or twelve Dior ensembles for his Paris couture promotion: "Excellent-in the tradition of Dior...