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...slinky evening clothes mold the body almost as closely as Cardin's, but with greater subtlety. Givenchy's basic sweater dresses hug the body to the hipline, then end in a shirred skirt; many have turtlenecks, which he finds "much more today" than decolletés. Among the last to design trousers, Givenchy showed pants superbly tailored in fine wools, gabardine and jerseys. To accentuate his sporty look, always popular with Americans, Givenchy accompanied his showing with jazzy music from such trans-atlantic productions as A Chorus Line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Back to the Body | 8/11/1975 | See Source »

...leader of a delegation of five Moroccan women to the fourth congress of the Pan-Arab Women's Federation in Damascus, smoking cigarettes with Continental casualness in a decolleté, skin-tight gown which had the other 300 delegates from nine Arab countries* goggling, the princess tucked one shapely foot under her and discussed her favorite topics: divorce and the veil. Morocco, she said, will soon have a law requiring men to produce legitimate reasons for a divorce instead of just telling a woman three times to go away. "Of course," she added, "we cannot forbid divorce, and besides...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ISLAM: Shapely Agitator | 9/23/1957 | See Source »

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