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...celebrate the opening of his chichi men's shop, Fashion Designer Bernard Lanvin threw a bash at Brasserie Bofinger, one of the newest In restaurants in Paris. It was a time for the boys to shine, but it was an aging lady of 72 who stole the show. The Duchess of Windsor, looking slim as ever in her well-above-the-knee sequin outfit, wowed the crowd by dancing the Jerk with her host...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Oct. 25, 1968 | 10/25/1968 | See Source »

...Previewing a charity ball that will be held in Venice in September, after a chichi screening committee selects the 700 guests, Suzy predicted: "Prospective guests will be strained through fine silk, like vichyssoise, and are expected to end up the same way-rich, creamy, perfectly blended-with maybe a sprinkling of chives for excitement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Newspapers: Trilling from a New Tree | 6/30/1967 | See Source »

Before an army of Arabs rides to the rescue by horse and hydrofoil, Modesty unreels a few reasonably sturdy gags in the midst of its chichi nonsense. The zaniest occurs early on when Bogarde's henchmen torture Monica with a piece of mobile sculpture. In a movie so given to self-conscious giggles, even the fine art of manhandling takes a peculiar turn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Fey Fun | 7/15/1966 | See Source »

...reasonably respectable wife," says Public Relations Wizard Gig Young, rabbeting in a plot gimmick designed to keep a flapdoodle comedy from collapsing in the first reel. Of course, Rock has a demiwife (Gina Lollobrigida) ready at hand in London. But Gina is neither respectable nor reasonable. She is a chichi freethinker, addicted to protest marches and The Arts. Rock had been splattered with so much paint and pizza that they declared a cease-fire seven years ago, are now about to be divorced. He can never go back, Rock insists, not even for dear old Inter-Allied. Why should...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Gina, Rock & Gig | 3/12/1965 | See Source »

...Brigitte Bardot, 29. But when a cameraman dropped in by invitation at her rented beach house near Rio, Brigitte pulled on a striped T shirt, tight and faded blue jeans and above-the-knee boots, just the getup for a tropical beach scene. And the result was practically chichi. Her two-month seclusion with Playboy-friend Bob Zagury seems to have agreed with her. She's put on a little weight, is golden brown, and looks relaxed and natural even when not au naturel. "I'm much better this way," coos BB. Si, si, agree 77 million Brazilians...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Mar. 27, 1964 | 3/27/1964 | See Source »

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