Word: bonsack
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...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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