Word: cardinals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Nothing wrong with that, up to a point, and nothing wrong with the hero worship of fashion designers. They are every bit as deserving of celebrity as the celebrities they dress. One begins to wonder only when such fashion kings as Pierre Cardin, Givenchy, Bill Blass and Ralph Lauren bestow the knighthood of their labels on wines, automobiles, chocolates or home fashions. It merely makes these things fashionable, which is not enough. Caveat emptor. Enjoy the presumed prestige, but do not confuse high-priced celebrity labels with design...
...decision, though, everything had gone in Andropov's favor. First, Chernenko arrived late for work because of a flat tire. That had been enough to infuriate the boss, a stickler for punctuality. Then Brezhnev complimented Andropov on his new Pierre Cardin suit and suggested they go shopping together in the near future...
...facts are compelling. As reported in The New York Times Magazine two weeks ago, many of the key purveyors of name wear have dipped their digits into the pool of men's under things. These include Yves Saint Laurent, Christian Dior and Bloomingdale's. Pierre Cardin, who has been called the ITT of designer merchandise, is readying his line, and even poor cousin Jockey, in an effort to clothe itself in the celebrity which accompanies designer wear has placed shots of largely unclothed Orioles' pitcher Jim Palmer in a number of national magazines...
...small collection together. The '60s had passed but left their strange sartorial legacy: hippie nonchalance on the one hand, and, on the other, dressy clothes that tried to press people into patterns that they would put on their denims to break. This often meant endless variations on the Cardin suit, with its racetrack contours and crotch-cleaving pants that made any man, in profile, look like a bisected hourglass. For women, this meant extravagant and restrictive couture. Armani sensed that what was needed in clothes was something that looked "a little used, not absolutely perfect...
This open-door policy initially appeared to be a success. First-class hotels began springing up everywhere, and companies from Coca-Cola to Pierre Cardin established plants to take advantage of the cheap labor. Egypt became a magnet for tourists, who spent $800 million there last year...