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Only a chain restaurant like La Crepe would promenade its waitresses in French costume and headdress to impersonate an intimate cafe. The effort, needless to say, fails miserably...
...change lies in France's exquisite fabrics-luxuriant silk, crepe de chine, shantung, georgette, satin. These are meticulously cut and joined, often on the diagonal introduced in the 1920s by Madeleine Vionnet -who is inactive but still alert at 97. The "bias cut" makes clothes drape sexily against the body. Since the favored fabrics of 1974 are gossamer-thin and always unlined, they need, even demand ample length to prevent skirts from being unintentionally hoisted at the slightest breeze. The result is a calf-length skirt that is wider, freer and not quite as long as the ill-fated...
Despite the strong emphasis on the dress, the couturiers offered plenty of pants. Many buyers were especially impressed by Givenchy's creations in black crepe. Often heavily cuffed, they were so loose, free and floppy that they looked almost like skirts when in motion. Says Sidney Gittler of Ohrbach's: "They are the widest shown anywhere and they look wonderful...
...Crepe's specialties are limited to crepes and omelettes, which are not well-concocted, not satisfying, and not cheap--considering the $2 to $3 a la carte price. If you find yourself trapped at La Crepe, take refuge in the onion soup grotinee and be sure to get a table in front so you can watch people walking to better restaurants in the Square...