Word: crepe
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Before Lee's little thing, there were a couple of teeny, tiny dinners. Jacqueline, in a white silk crepe evening dress, had two tables of ten for an entree of stuffed veal, and on her right was the white-maned dean of U.S. conductors, Leopold Stokowski...
...showings got under way, the overall tone was soft-pretty rather than bold, more flattering than fussy. Gerard Pipart, 31, in his second season at Nina Ricci, caused a major ripple with coats slashed up to the waist, long double-breasted jackets and dresses, most made of silk and crepe, cut on the bias to leave the figure looking long and lazy...
...Holding onto them is quite another matter. On a basketball court, where a simple shout of "Contact!" is enough to bring everything to a halt these days, or on a crowded dance floor, where couples scrambling among the fruggers' feet have become as essential as crepe paper at any successful prom, lost lenses simply disappear. Otherwise, they get wafted down drains, into swimming pools, off ski slopes. They are lodged between the pages of books, the coils of radiators, the seats in movie houses, never again to be seen or to afford sight. Moreover, the new lenses easily...
...Jacqueline Kennedy's formal year of mourning, was to have been a hospital benefit with Hollywood glitterbugs. Instead, Jackie, 35, chose an occasion that in more than one way seemed closer to home. Escorted by U.N. Ambassador Adlai Stevenson, and dressed in a one-shouldered black crepe gown with an ermine jacket, she attended a U.N. concert commemorating the 16th anniversary of the adoption of its Declaration of Human Rights...
...hamburger budget, most foreign pavilions have food stands selling specialties of their country at hamburger prices. The United Arab Republic serves falafel (50?), a bean feast that tastes like a spicy meat sandwich. Morocco serves mint tea and pastry ($1) in carpeted tents. Try the Belgian Village's crepe-suzette shop where a Grand Marniered pancake costs 75?, or India's chicken pakora and clay-oven-baked bread (45?) served on the lawn by a turbaned chef. International Plaza, a noisy cluster of small shops and food stands, offers a culinary Cook's Tour that takes only...