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...champagne and a midnight snack of lobster salad. All night, the local Portuguese crowded to get a closer look at Gina Lollobrigida in a plunging pink ballgown, the Begum Aga Khan's colossal diamond necklace and Sukarno's ex-wife Ratna Sari Dewi in a tight red gown. Someone remembered that it was Henry Ford II's 51st birthday, and everyone sang "Happy Birthday, dear Henry," while he blew out the candles. It was 7 a.m. before Princess Irene of The Netherlands and Spain's Prince Carlos de Bourbon accepted a cup of coffee and called...
...NAGS HEAD PORTRAIT. In 1869, Dr. William Pool treated a sick woman named Mrs. Tillett at Nags Head near Cape Hatteras. For payment, he accepted a trunk full of fine clothes and a portrait of a young girl in a white gown. Who was she and who painted her? Where had the portrait come from? The subsequent search for answers uncovered a grisly and tragic story...
...fall collection, André Courrèges' main excitement was a white, rib-knit jump suit, with a tunic for daytime wear and a sequined pants outfit with see-through top for after dark. Not to be outdone, Yves St. Laurent turned out an even more daring evening gown, then produced for everyday a series of wide-cut pants suits just possibly ugly enough to be chic. At least Lauren Bacall, on hand for a CBS-TV fashion special, thought they were. "I'm going all over New York in them," she promised. "And I dare any maitre...
...reception of his daughter Clare in 1910 was attended by four members of the British Cabinet, including Churchill, then Home Secretary. It was also attended by several bill collectors, who were seated by themselves in a downstairs parlor. Frewen had, however, paid cash for his daughter's wedding gown. The seamstress who delivered it that morning had refused to accept a check...
...pistachio, who do you think you are? What gives you the right, let me see your papers, who gave you permission, where is your petition, you have no commission, I bet I know your mission. It's an ill wind brings you into town, and now with your new gown I guess it's legal...