Word: effortlessly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...relax. Never have clothes been more stylish, well-made and-more to the point-wearable. As always, they are suited to the American woman's casual, active way of life, which has made comfort, simplicity and an effortless fit the hallmark of U.S. clothing everywhere. More important, as the American woman's tastes and interests have become increasingly varied and sophisticated, the $15 billion-a-year U.S. industry has learned how to create a distinctively "American look" not only for sportswear and daytime outfits-long American specialties -but in formal ball gowns and cocktail dresses as well...
From Kooky to Effortless. Americans do still, of course, buy European haute couture. Their purchases account for 40% of the trade in the Paris couture houses. Since an original Balenciaga ball gown can cost $12,000, or a Chanel suit $2,200, pacesetters such as Mrs. William Paley and Jackie Kennedy also snap up the "line-for-line" copies available in the U.S. Manhattan Socialite Mrs. John Converse happily admits, "I love Ohrbach copies." She also likes American designers like Bill Blass and Mainbocher. Nowadays, the Duchess of Windsor, Mrs. Loel Guinness and Mrs. Jeanne Murray Vanderbilt shop on both...
...women call and say they want them," he moans. "It is not to be believed." Pablo has strong dislikes: "Pink foundation is awful, green eyeshadow is vulgar, eyebrows are hateful, dark lipstick is obsolete." What he favors, and has made fashionable, is makeup that shows yet seems effortless: healthy, glowing skin, light lipstick, and fascinating, fluttering eyes-"the only part really worth making...
...Lullaby and Songs My Mother Taught Me get serene, tender treatment. Many of these songs have been recorded by Elisabeth Schwarzkopf (Angel), with whom De los Angeles shares the title of Queen of Song, but their styles are completely different. De los Angeles is intimate and seemingly effortless; Schwarzkopf, even in the simplest lullaby, endlessly subtle...
Wally Schirra's seemingly effortless piloting of Gemini 6 made the intricate Apollo space navigation seem more feasible. On the way to the moon, for example, the LEM will have to be detached from the back of the command and service modules, then reattached in front. When the Apollo is finally in orbit around the moon, two of its three crewmen will climb into the LEM and head for the moon's surface. After from four to 34 hours of exploration, they will blast off and rendezvous with the orbiting Apollo for the return trip to earth, using...