Word: bonsack
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...play with 16 hooded falcons, which go for $3,000 a throw. Sheikh Zayed of Abu Dhabi, President of the United Arab Emirates, has "a palace or two" in Pakistan, where he hunts for two months every year, and London digs with four-figure faucets designed by Godfrey Bonsack of May fair. Then there is the ruler of Dubai, who likes to hoist up his skirts-all the way-and then see which courtier will be the first to mention the royal flash. Linda of Arabia deals in crashing generalities. "Arabs are hypochondriacs," she offers en passant. Bahrain is "tidy...
...British supertub is called the "Sagittarius Double Bath" and costs about $750. It was conceived two years ago, by British Interior Decorator Godfrey Bonsack, merely as an oversized one-man tub. "I'm short and fat," explains Bonsack, "and I wanted a raised step on one end for soaping, and then to be able to turn around and stretch out from the other end for soaking. But then, I thought, the four-foot width was just right; wouldn't it be fun if two people used it together?" Yes, indeed, agreed the several hundred customers who have already...
...Neiman-Marcus Christmas catalogue, for example, portrayed a "His and Hers Bathtub" complete with lacquered wood base, marble top and backboard, and gold-plated faucets. But it was more twin than double; the tubs were separate, merely welded together, and cost $4,000, plus tax, shipping and installation. Godfrey Bonsack sniffs at the very idea. "If you can't even agree on the same water temperature," he says, "you shouldn't have a bath together...
...Bonsack's bathtubs, on the other hand, encourage togetherness. In addition to the Sagittarius, there is a "Gemini" tub (in which bathers sit face to face, using built-in armrests on either side) and a completely round "Moon Bath" for "the young elegant man with lots of girl friends." The line is so successful that Bonsack has exported it to the U.S., opening department-store bathing boutiques at Woodward & Lothrop in Washington, D.C., John Wanamaker in Philadelphia, Marshall Field & Co. in Chicago and Halle Brothers in Cleveland. The bridal suite at the Springbok Hotel in Cape Town, South Africa...
...Designer Bonsack, 60, practices what he preaches. "About the only time I see my wife now," he says, "is in the bathtub. I'm too old, really; I can't take yes for an answer any more. But when I was young, it would have been wonderful." As it is, Godfrey Bonsack is the happiest clean old man around...
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