Word: couturiered
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...champagne cocktail rises to full fizz, De Broca drops the Mickey in. Gradually he lets it be seen that none of the characters is really living his own life, that all instead are playing safe by playing roles, the usual overcivilized charades. Mistress No. 1, a successful couturiére, lives a man's life because she is afraid to be a woman. But she is also afraid to be alone, especially at night, so she rents a sheep she can count on till she falls asleep. The hero himself, more honest and more naive than the others...
...were there, including ten reporters chosen to represent the corps. The guests were relatives and friends. Among them were a handful whose names were familiar: ex-Treasury Secretary John Snyder, New York Real Estate Magnate William Zeckendorf, John Frederics (whose lace-crowned bridal veil Margaret wore), Italian Couturière Micol Fontana (who was commissioned to create the wedding gown because it was a Fontana dress Margaret was wearing one evening last November when she first met Daniel). The Rev. Patric Hutton, 30-year-old rector of the church, read the marriage ceremony, watched as Daniel slipped a plain gold...
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...