Word: eveningwear
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...Between 1832 and the Civil War, Uncle Sam was portrayed in everything from pajamas to eveningwear. He was young, old, fat and thin. At one point he was even a tantrum-throwing toddler. It wasn't until 1856 that Uncle Sam grew his first beard, which he would alternately gain and lose until Abraham Lincoln was elected President four years later. Through Lincoln, the Union became associated with the image of a tall, lanky man with a beard - an image that transferred, and stuck, to Uncle Sam forever after...
...success precisely because he went back to those old blues and whipped them up in a more casual, relevant shrunken style. The first four jackets - worn over slouchy silk satin pants - were just what his customer will be looking for next spring. Armani also outdid himself on the eveningwear - a grand finale of beaded dresses in soft shades of nude and pale pink will give Hollywood stylists something to speed-dial about...
Depending on whom you ask, however, Valvo may have been the flavor of the past decadeand counting. His less expensive Collection line is the top eveningwear seller at Neiman Marcus, for instance, while his higher-end shutter-pleat dress has pulled in more than $4 million in sales. Making time for his runway show: Neiman Marcus Group CEO Burt Tansky, Saks vice chairman Ron Frasch and Bergdorf Goodman CEO Jim Gold...
...hour of Robbins’ arrival at the Pudding drew nigh, four spotlight beams swung across the industrial walls of neighboring Holyoke Center. Inside, the 117-year-old theater filled with tuxedoed men and women in chic eveningwear. An air of decidedly old-Harvard mirth descended as attendees hobnobbed and perused the program for HPT’s 157th annual musical, Terms of Frontierment. The show, which opened following the Man of the Year ceremony, adhered to the Pudding’s tradition of casting exclusively male actors in all parts...
...spent just a year as Azzaro's design assistant and produced a collection that impressed critics with its glamour when Loris Azzaro died of cancer and left the creative responsibility to her. Thanks to Seward's '70s-inspired vision and the increasing demand for dazzling red carpet-bound eveningwear, the Azzaro look?silk jersey columns with dramatic crystal beading, kind of a Parisian Halston?has made a great comeback, turning up on the likes of Nicole Kidman, Diane Lane and Naomi Watts. Come 2005, Seward plans to expand beyond the red carpet, introducing swimwear in addition to cashmere separates...