Word: couturiere
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The world of French haute couture was atwitter over the news. After nearly 30 years as artistic director of Christian Dior, celebrated couturier Marc Bohan, 62, had been unceremoniously ousted. Succeeding him at the house that has long epitomized French fashion: Milanese designer Gianfranco Ferre, 45. Dior's managing director...
The First Lady's acquisitions may have put the Reagans in Dutch with the Internal Revenue Service. Tax experts consulted by TIME, including former Internal Revenue Service commissioner Sheldon Cohen and Harvard Law professor Bernard Wolfman, unanimously agree that gifts or loans of clothing to Mrs. Reagan represent taxable income...
Lacroix's is the art of excess, and it works in part because of the knowledge of vanished grandeur he acquired while studying the classics and art history in college. Says Caroline Rennolds Milbank, author of Couture: "Since he knows all the good things that have happened in history, when...
His family tree shook out impoverished European aristocrats. His iron-willed mother told him, "With a tennis racquet and a dinner jacket, you'll be able to go anywhere in life." Oleg Cassini, 74, needed no other guidance. He lived high, and he lasted. Intermittently a dress designer, he played...
Indeed, the hills are alive with the sound of music -- and money. The five- week festival is one of the priciest in Europe, with tickets running upwards of $200 for the major opera productions. For those who can afford it, though, Salzburg affords in return an unparalleled opportunity to display...