Word: dressere
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Shields said he spends more than $400 on clothes each year. His wardrobe--which fills two closets, a dresser, a trunk, and a couple of suitcases--includes 20 sport coats, 15 pairs of trousers, 35 shirts, and 40 ties...
Miserable on Champagne. The miracle of "it" all was that the thieves had missed the pearls, which Marylou had casually dropped into her bedroom dresser drawer. But they hadn't missed much else: her diamond engagement ring, Sonny's mother's diamond necklace, ruby and sapphire pins, even the turquoise owl pin that Marylou recalled sadly was "the first thing Sonny ever gave me." Even more maddening, there were no clues. Five of the six servants had taken off the night of the theft; the butler had locked every door but the front one. As the police...
...memorial building at Shelburne faithfully reflects her homespun, silver-spoon style. The Rembrandts in the living room complement a Chippendale sofa covered in needlepoint, an English secretary and an English gaming table. Mary Cassatt's pastel of Electra's mother hangs in her bedroom. Desk and dresser tops are crowded with silver-framed photographs of her children and grandchildren-and a white satin pillow on the bed bears the red-embroidered maxim: "We live in deeds, not years...
...prodigious worker who relaxes only occasionally at the theater or at his Capri villa, he is personally a conservative dresser, has only one obvious affectation: black, almost jaw-length sideburns. He is noted for shyness, except when it comes to his clients. "I have them all now," he says proudly. And his customers are just as proud that he does. Would it be all right, he asked Gloria Guinness, the woman whom Women's Wear Daily calls "the ultimate," if he told the press that she was an enthusiastic customer? "Tell them, Valentino," said she, "that...
...Dandy on flute: A dapper dresser, he is as flighty as his instrument. He mischievously delights in tripping up the conductor with his superior musicianship...