Word: couturier
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Meanwhile, Producer Hornblow was furiously at work. He called in Irene (Irene is a superb couturiére) and discussed Deborah's wardrobe. Within a week he wanted to shoot the scene in which The Hucksters' hero makes a pass at The Hucksters' heroine, and he wanted a dress for it right away. While Irene rushed to obey, Deborah was rushed to Make-up and Hairdressing. Make-up did everything to Deborah Kerr's face that the most ingenious cosmetic artists in the world can do. In the end, it decided that it was impossible...
Paris' fall fashion shows opened, and Schiaparelli's outstanding contribution proved to be a bustle-a bustle on almost everything. Molyneux's favorite colors sounded like sublimations: butter yellow, burnt orange, light mustard. Favorite couturière of the boulevardiers was doubtless Mlle. Alixt: she had daytime dresses with necklines clear to the waistline...
Died. Mme. Jeanne Lanvin, 79, dean of Paris dressmakers and stylesetters, creator of the sensationally successful robe de style (close-fitting bodice, full, sweeping skirt), first couturière to become a Chevalier of the Legion of Honor; in Paris...
...grant from the Juilliard Foundation, then went to Paris, to go hungry. "I hope," he declared, "I shall never again have to earn an honest penny." He remained in Paris until last year, managed to live in a canary-yellow-walled apartment, had his clothes made by Couturière Lanvin, ate (and cooked) exquisite little dinners, went to bed for days at a time when he felt bored. He still calls Paris his home...
Engaged. Marisa ("Gogo") Schiaparelli, 21, beauteous, blue-eyed daughter of Couturière Elsa Schiaparelli; and Robert Berenson, 27, Grace Line travel executive, second cousin of famed expatriate Art Critic Bernard Berenson; in Manhattan...