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...seems to be under way. "Just plain Jimmy" is not fond of black-tie dress for those nighttime parties, let alone the white-tie-and-tails costuming of inaugural balls. But Wife Rosalynn, out of understandable sentiment, is apparently determined to wear the same blue satin gown she wore on the evening of her husband's inauguration as Governor of Georgia in 1971. That would mean Jimmy would have to dress up too. Intimates are betting that Rosalynn will...
...Beverly Hills wedding may well be the fellow who controls the car-parking concession. Some 800 guests have been summoned to the lavish black-tie garden party to watch sometime Actress Marisa Berenson (Barry Lyndon), 29, hook up with Rivet Manufacturer James Randall, 32. The bride will don a gown by Valentino for the occasion, and she says that her attendants "will wear whatever they wish to wear." They will not, says Marisa, dress in shocking pink in memory of her late grandmother, Designer Elsa Schiaparelli...
...Detroit Tigers' Rusty Staub, who in his days as a Met studied cookery in several Manhattan restaurants, batted out a savory Oysters Rockefeller casserole. Celeste Holm concocted Shrimp Fiesta. Newscaster Carl Stokes reproduced his Mother's Best Home Fried Chicken. Designer Pauline Trigere, wearing an elegant Trigere gown, made Spaghetti Pauline. Actor Joel Grey and Wife Jo prepared Mexican Quesadillas. First prize (a basket of wines and liquor) went to New York magazine's resident gourmet, Gael Greene, who made roast duck with figs...
Sales frequently are tied to events of world or national importance. The U.S. Bicentennial was no exception. On its main floor not long ago, Mitsukoshi displayed one of Martha Washington's evening dresses and a gown worn by Mary Lincoln-both borrowed from a private American collection. Another bit of Americana: the upright piano that Teddy Roosevelt played while he was President. Mitsukoshi's shelves were stocked with $3.3 million in U.S.-made goods. Among the scores of items: McDonald's hamburgers, Ben Hogan golf clubs, a $566,000 emerald ring from Tiffany...
...that they had just climbed out of bed and were packing for an illicit trip together. A current window at New York's Henri Bendel even hints at lesbianism. It shows a woman in a revealing nightgown in a passive, almost embarrassed stance; another woman in a longer gown leans over her shoulder in an aggressive posture...