Word: closeting
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...ever expanding wardrobes, superclosets are the answer you polled every woman in U.S.," says Dallas Socialite Sharon McCutchin, "you would not find one who has enough closet space." Furthermore, she observes, "every man in the country complains that his wife takes up all the closet space." Her husband. Oil and Real Estate Investor Jerry, obviously agrees. In the course of remodeling their mansion, which sits on 50 acres of prime Dallas real estate, McCutchin is creating what she envisions as the ultimate closet. The two-room supersanctum will have marble floors, skylights, a fireplace, a room for alterations, a rotating...
...will be is as big as some one-bedroom apartments [more than 1,000 sq. ft.]," she notes. "There are shoe and bag rooms with enough space for 300 pairs of shoes and 400 handbags." Before moving in the clothes, she plans to throw a "coming out of the closet" party for 100-in the closet...
Wealthy women are making 'closet liberation a cause that has almost universal support from husbands. While his wife Grace was off for two weeks on their yacht Gracara, Novelist Harold Robbins (Spellbinder) hired an engineer friend to design an automated clothes conveyor that could display her wardrobe at the touch of a button. "Before I installed this carrousel, we couldn't even find the dogs," cracks Robbins. "None of our cooks would stay. My wife's clothes filled up all their closets too." Though the new arrangement accommodates 700 garments, it holds only evening dresses, resort wear...
...length space permits, and expensive. The Robbins' system cost $3,500 plus labor. A simpler approach was taken by Comedian Phyllis Diller, who took over a 23-ft. by 14-ft. guest bedroom and filled it with movable racks like those used in the garment industry. The closet looks like a secondhand clothing store but has room for Diller's private wardrobe, every costume she has worn in every move she has been in since 1965, 44 furs and f our nose warmers...
...most popular layouts was designed by New Yorker Anita Bayer. Lyricist Carole Bayer Sager, her daughter, and husband Composer Burt Bacharach all have one in their Beverly Hills home. Sager calls it "functional and economical." The hangers swing back and forth, allowing the Bacharachs to view their entire wardrobes. Closet keeping becomes a science with Dani Needham, wife of Film Director Hal Needham. On the road more often than not, she carries a little book that lists every item in her closet by number. She explains, "If I'm in Paris and I find a purple suit that...