Word: fashioned
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...relationships (with Model Mimi Machu, with Singer Michelle Phillips) ended stormily, with Nicholson torn for weeks between fury and depression. But the serious love affairs were also punctuated by bursts of inconstancy, and he likes to boast about them. "Jesus," he said to one friend about a high-paid fashion model who was flying in for an assignation, "she's coming 10,000 miles for a weekend...
MISHIMA'S NOVEL, like much Japanese fiction, is weak on plot and characterization. The story is contrived and unsatisfying; the characters are more agents who elaborate certain intellectual ideas than real people who interact in human fashion...
...signs, the dress - in the billowing shape of the chemise - will be making a curveless comeback this year on the frames of the fashion-conscious. The Loose Look is about to sweep in, complete with low hems, long sleeves and soft, yielding, body-skimming fabrics; the models swirling down the runways of Paris salons had the air of well-dressed and well-heeled extras in a 1930s movie...
...helped lead women to long pants some six years ago offered some manly trouser suits for evening wear, but it was clear that in Paris at least, pants were approaching the passe. Reported Women's Wear Daily: "Yves St. Laurent's Naive Chemise is the only real fashion message out of this season...
Buyers from a score of countries were on hand in Paris to look over the fashion parade, and their reaction was a mix of ecstasy and caution. "It was the best couture season in ten years," said Ohrbach's Sydney Gittler. "The chemise will sweep America." Some, however, took a less upbeat approach. Gloomed Spoilsport Clovis Ruffin of Ruffinwear...