Word: cardin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Dieu, the news was enough to send any self-respecting member of Parisian cafe society lunging for the bicarbonate of soda. Maxim's, the world-renowned, gastronomic masterpiece on the city's tony Rue Royale, was sold last week. The new proprietor: Fashion Designer Pierre Cardin. The $20 million tab was steep even for Cardin, 58, who lately seems more interested in haute finance than haute couture. He has had designs on the art nouveau establishment since 1978, when Maxim's present owners, Louis and Maggie Vaudable, agreed to lend the eatery's venerable name...
...Italian superstar, this year even more than last, is undeniably Giorgio Armani, 46. A master tailor who was probably the most influential men's wear designer in the '70s, he is being hailed in his sixth year of designing for women as Cardin and Courreges were in the '60s. (And being well rewarded: his sales worldwide last year totaled $120 million.) The Armani imprint is detectable in many of his competitors' designs. Says Carla Fendi, of the Roman family of designers: "He has created a unique style, one that you can recognize without a label...
...Pierre Cardin wallpaper. Gloria Vanderbilt sweatsuits. Calvin Klein denim diaper covers. The designer craze has made flauntable fashions more commonplace than chic. Now Louis Vuitton, the French maker of luxury luggage, has concluded that many self-respecting snobs may prefer more subtlety. This fall Vuitton will introduce a new line of trunks and suitcases that do not have its famous LV initials sprinkled across the covering fabric...
...from being crass advertisements for the wearer's employer, company chokers tend to be stylish, subtle, discreet. Manufacturers Hanover Trust in New York celebrates its success in international banking with cravats, designed by Pierre Cardin, that bear tiny symbols of various European, Asian and Middle Eastern currencies. Ties for Republic National Bank of New York, one of the nation's leading gold merchants, have a design showing little ingots. Brokers at E.F. Hutton can suit up with ties bearing the initials EFH. The letters are almost indecipherable at a distance of more than six inches...