Word: dress
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...moment last week the drab machinery of British government was once again clothed in fancy dress. Against a misty background that might have been borrowed from Gilbert & Sullivan's lolanthe, the towers of Westminster stood pale and blue. Before them, brightly uniformed guardsmen strutted to the music of proud tarantaras. Royal Artillerymen in bearskins and tunics heavy with gold fired salutes from the park, while cavalrymen with gleaming, upraised sabers marched jet black steeds. From Buckingham Palace in gilded coaches came Their Majesties, King George, Queen Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth, to open the third session of Parliament under...
Three Swatches. On Friday night Lord Beaverbrook's Evening Standard, which had spurned the vows of secrecy imposed on every other paper, printed a picture purporting to be Elizabeth's wedding dress. It showed only three vague swatches of material draped over a couch, leaving a breathless public in no way wiser, but Elizabeth determined to tighten security measures even further...
...outfit, a jacket with pencil-slim skirt by M-G-M Designer Irene, was so tight that the hobbled model could not walk down the stairs in it. A complicated "Toga for Travel," by Bonnie Cashin, consisted of a black dress under an enormous brown knee-length cape, set off by a matching sun helmet and candy-striped spats. Another cold weather number was a white fleece overcoat, by Elois Jenssen, electrically heated by batteries carried in two side pockets (with an extension cord that could be plugged in on planes or trains...
There was also Anne de Weese's three-piece "interchangeable," a striped daytime dress on which the top part could be dropped down to the waist to make a long-skirted, flounce-hipped evening dress, or taken off entirely to make a bathing suit. Among the more popular items (according to spectator ballots and a poll of designers present) were dresses and coats with foot-square monograms on the back. Not so popular were nine outfits for men, including a purple suede topcoat with shoes and hatband to match...
...determine his interests and his background. The chances are that he will come out on top during his first bout with a gang fresh in from the streets. But not, according to Brooks, "if he is a man who is too typically Harvard, complete with accent and fastidious dress. He must be able to speak their language, and above all, he must have a little athletic prowess, because those kids like to respect you as a strong...