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...skirts, or skirts tucked to the hipbone, worn with jackets that skim the body closely. Jersey, flannel and gabardine are daytime favorites, with the emphasis on navy, white and variations on tones of beige; and the dressier clothes lean to muslins, chiffons and thin crepes in soft prints, like Dior's pointillist patterns, blurring from color to color to color...
Hoping to brighten up their gray Christmas, many retailers stepped up their advertising and regretfully turned to pre-Christmas sales. New York's Saks Fifth Avenue department store has been offering creations bearing such labels as Pucci, Dior and Halston marked down by 50% or more. J.C. Penney near Philadelphia and Target Stores in Minneapolis slashed prices of children's toys by 20%. For the first time in its history, Rich's in downtown Atlanta opened on Sunday afternoons; several Macy's stores around New York decided to keep their doors open until...
...loose chemise dominated almost all the Paris presentations. Givenchy brought forth a somewhat slimmer and more refined version with hems stopping just two inches below the knees. Dior's Marc Bohan played a variation on the theme, dubbed the Big Droop, while Cardin swooped in with an offbeat bat-winged dress featuring sleeves starting at the hem. Even Courreges, daddy of the mini, decorously draped the knee in this year's designs, threatening to leave mankind with nothing but fond memories of leg-watching...
...woman of arty ways and means, Dior's delineators were at the ready with a painter's smock...
...Provocation. The 1930s theme was echoed by every Paris couturier from Givenchy, Balmain, Scherrer and Lapidus to Dior, St. Laurent and Chanel. Marc Bohan, Dior's successor, set the early pace. His skirts were long and supple. His jackets, closed at the waist with a narrow belt, were full and casual. Evening dresses, as diaphanous as lingerie, hint of luxury...