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...CARDIN raised hemlines and eyebrows with his short "nymphette line" -which Le Figaro termed "adorable" and L'Aurore dismissed as "a style for perennial Lolitas." Less noticed were Cardin's romantically tailored capes, blouses and suit jackets, some with sleeves cut so wide that they afforded tantalizing glimpses of the bosom each time the wearer gestured, or breastured...
Through beautiful fabrics, fine workmanship, showmanship and oneupmanship, the grande dame of Paris fashion survived yet another season. As Pierre Cardin put it, "We needed to insert a little oxygen into haute couture. " Next time around they may need plasma...
Handkerchief Points. Playfulness is the spirit for nearly all the Paris pack. Pierre Cardin's minis are hooked up at the shoulder like a toga or slide over the head, poncho fashion. His hemlines dip gracefully into handkerchief points. Emanuel Ungaro's Moroccan striped minidresses are bloused at the hips with yarn belts and designed to be worn over red or green tights. Karl Lagerfeld's silk versions for Chloe look like babydolls without the bottoms...
...couture industry's sales increased 15% (to $1.4 billion) last year. One reason is that couture, in a Y.S.L. executive's words, is "the locomotive" for a clothing company's lucrative ready-to-wear business. Additionally, the publicity that high fashion generates for Y.S.L.-or Pierre Cardin or Dior-helps boost sales of the entire line of products, from soap to wallpaper, that is marketed under a fashion-house name. As a conglomerateur, with 4,450 employees worldwide, 58 products on the market and annual sales of $200 million, Saint Laurent can afford to subsidize the rich...
...team from Thayer will meet top-ranked Wigglesworth West. Sandy Cardin, Wigglesworth playmaker and floor leader, said last week that Wigglesworth was "not as good as their record indicates...