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H. L. Hunt, wife of Texas' multimillionaire oilman, had to take second-night seating.) To his dazzled guests, Mr. Stanley showed $4,500,000 worth of new wares, including $500,000 worth of furs, $350,000 worth of dresses (three Charles James models were priced at $2,000 each...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FASHIONS: Mr. Stanley Knows Best | 9/21/1953 | See Source »

Reborn Upper Row will house stores dealing in men's and women's tailoring, radios and bicycles, jewelry, children's wear, readymade clothes, furs and linens, and, presumably, elegant footwear. The Soviet consumer, promised great things-clothes that fit, machines that work-if only he will pitch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: GUM for Consumers | 9/7/1953 | See Source »

National Calamity. Myxomatosis is now a fighting word in France, and Professor Armand-Delille is regarded as something of a public enemy. French furriers see a bleak future ahead with no more cheap rabbitskins to glamorize into expensive-looking furs. French hunting (it was mostly rabbits) has been almost destroyed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Pullulating Epizootic | 8/10/1953 | See Source »

MOVIEMEN have put so much pressure on Congressmen to revoke the 20% tax on movie admissions that the House is likely to pass a repeal bill, even though theater owners have no intention of passing the estimated $200 million saving on to ticket buyers. But the bill will have tougher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: TIME CLOCK, Jul. 20, 1953 | 7/20/1953 | See Source »

While Sir Laurence Olivier and his actress wife Vivien Leigh gave a dinner party at their Buckinghamshire farm (the guests: Composer Sir William Walton, Actor Sir Ralph Richardson and their ladies), burglars got into the house. Using Olivier's own ladder, they looted a bedroom of $19,600 worth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People, Jul. 13, 1953 | 7/13/1953 | See Source »

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