Word: gowning
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...photo is at once sad and gruesome, but Janet Ramirez treasures it. Dressed in a white hospital gown, an IV hooked up to her arm, the mother clasps her newborn baby, Maria Guadalupe. Only if you look closely can you see that the baby's face is a death mask; a white cap discreetly covers the gaping hole in the back of her skull...
DIED. JEAN LOUIS, 89, Oscar-winning designer whose fluid fashions draped Hollywood's most mythic figures; in Palm Springs, California. Louis's rapport with his leading ladies (Marilyn Monroe reportedly introduced herself by disrobing) inspired such creations as Rita Hayworth's come-hither black satin gown in Gilda and the sequined formfitting dress that Monroe wore to serenade birthday boy (and President) John Kennedy...
...formidable and doomed wife Althea, a druggy ex-stripper, Love won the New York Film Critics Circle Award as Best Supporting Actress. Last month the same woman who used to apply lipstick the way toddlers mash crayons was demurely turned out for the Oscars in a chiffon Versace gown. It was the most thorough transformation since Eliza Doolittle met Henry Higgins. If Courtney does become the next Audrey Hepburn, don't say we didn't warn...
...special family values award: Carrie Fisher, who described the scene backstage this way: "It was fun. I got to introduce Al Pacino and Tom Cruise to my mother's breasts. She was very proud." (Mom DEBBIE REYNOLDS wore a low-cut gown...
Disenchantment like that mocks the company's goal of serving shoppers through a lifetime of wardrobe changes. The ideal Nordstrom customer may begin by buying turtlenecks and T shirts as a teenager and graduate to a $1,800 Donna Karan suit or a $3,000 Valentino gown as the years go on. And, oh, the convenience! Salesclerks are free to go from department to department to help you pick out a head-to-toe ensemble. Nordstrom salespeople average an industry-leading $29,000 a year in base pay and commissions and are regarded as entrepreneurs with their own clientele...