Word: emeralds
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Queen Sirikit would have sufficed for at least three ordinary royal consorts. On the first day, the army and navy fired 21-gun salutes, while roses smothered Bangkok's main boulevard. On the second, Buddhist monks chanted as the Queen lit candles in the Temple of the Emerald Buddha. On the third, the royal household organized a charity fete, with a specially built nightclub resounding to the King's private orchestra, Bhumibol tootling on the clarinet. After all, his gemlike regent's name translates into "Joy of the Family...
...Were the emerald drench of ocean...
...more than half of last year's sales, are calling for more and more diamonds. Four-fifths of the U.S. purchases are for engagement rings, the most popular type being stones of about one-half carat that retail for about $250. Styles are shifting: the pear shape and emerald cut are fading in popularity, but sales of the marquise and brilliant cut are sparkling. New York is the richest market (20% to 25% of all U.S. sales), followed by Chicago, Texas and Southern California. Surprisingly, many Americans order their diamonds through the mail. Says a partner in one Manhattan...
ROBERT HENRI-Chapellier, 954 Madison Ave. at 75th. Henri was best as a portraitist: with two circlets of emerald green he puts a Gaelic glint into an Irish boy's eyes. The 41 works include sketches of his fellow rebels in the Ashcan school and the well-known painting of a Chinese worker, Jim Lee. A nude that raised eyebrows at the 1913 Armory show is still a scene stealer. Through April...
...turned to ahas the minute she turned her back. At a fashion show benefiting the Hollywood Museum, barefoot Soprano Patrice Munsel, 39, sashayed out in a pair of gold lace pajamas with an emerald on her big toe. Brava! But Munsel, who admits her pj's are not for sleeping, saved the real treat for retreat: a peekaboo backline, cut clear down to her basso profundo...