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...spiral," work at creating what the designers call "body-conscious shape." Oblique seams, side fastenings and spiral back wrappings encircle the body; simple little dresses are diagonally, often dizzily, detailed by wildly flying panels, bias cuts, tricky scarf necklines. Even Dior's Marc Bohan, who tends to flout the trends, does away with the bulky silhouette; although he concentrates less on S-lines than his colleagues, Bohan's fashions are the tightest, slenderest, most feminine of all. His decidedly youthful designs feature slim, high-bosomed bodices, gently flared skirts, wide cinch-belts and narrow shoulders...
...17th century chronicler reported that "Shakespeare, Drayton, and Ben Jonson had a merry meeting, and it seems drank too hard, for Shakespeare died of a fever there contracted." Anne outlived him by seven years, and asked to be buried in the same grave, but the authorities dared not flout Shakespeare's doggerel epitaph...
...director of Manhattan's new Guggenheim Museum flout the wishes of its famed architect-designer, Frank Lloyd Wright? See ART, Last Monument...
Though Frenchmen may not intend it that way, whenever they flout world opinion, German stock tends to go up. This truism was evident in London last week. The 20th century reflex is to think of Britons and Germans as mortal enemies, and Britons and French as fond allies. But before the two World Wars, the opposite was more often the case. As late as the end of the 19th century, Britain's obvious partner in trade, diplomacy and royal bedrooms was Germany. "The natural alliance," said Salisbury's Colonial Secretary Joseph Chamberlain on Nov. 30, 1899, "is between...
...skiers are training together on the slopes of Bad Gastein for the world championships. Tanned and trim, they are a friendly lot, bound together by the pleasures and perils of their craft. But when the competition starts, Bud Werner is ready to battle his buddies, is even willing to flout the maxim-especially fitted to skiing-that pride goeth before a fall. "If I say so-and I see no reason why I shouldn't-I expect to get some of the medals," he says. "In fact, I shall be greatly disappointed and even surprised...