Word: italianisms
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...beginning could hardly have been more appropriate. There were the firemen searching the decrepit Teatro degli Animosi (Theater of the Courageous) in the Italian town of Carrara for bombs. Only after they had given the all clear did the Third International Congress of Anarchist Federations call itself to order-of a sort. As it turned out, there was more than enough verbal bombast to compensate for the lack of real bombs...
What was George Hamilton doing holding hands with that long, leggy Texas model, Alana Collins, and making all those fun Italian scenes from Rome to Capri? "Alana and I are just very good friends," George explained. As a matter of fact, he added, she was helping him scout the latest fashions for the string of boutiques he is being forced to open in New York, California and Europe. Forced? Well, it's either that or let Uncle Sam dip heavily into all that money that he's being paid for The Survivors, his new ABC-TV series that...
Mistily Magnetic. In fact, the house is positioned more like a European town house than like the typical suburban American home. The exterior is handsomely faced with slabs of honey-colored Italian travertine. Sculpture by Maillol, Arp, Lipchitz, Moore and Noguchi is placed on a terrace at the back, overlooking the pool. Inside the house, Johnson created a neutral background for art by covering the walls with carpeting dyed to match the travertine...
...World War II, Italy's shoemakers were a down-at-the-heels lot, and Fiamma Ferragamo was a bright-eyed bambina in Florence. Having grown up together, both the Italian shoe industry and Fiamma are now well accustomed to each other. The world's largest exporter of leather foot wear, Italy sold $315 million worth of shoes abroad last year, is running 25% ahead of that pace in 1968. And as part owner and chief designer for one of the best known of her country's 8,000 shoe manufacturers, raven-haired Fiamma, now 27, reigns...
After returning to Florence in 1927, Ferragamo built up his business by turning out shoes that fitted the taste, pocketbooks and arches of a clientele that has included Queen Elizabeth II, Greta Garbo and Audrey Hepburn. When he died, his family took over the business in the best Italian tradition. Today his widow nominally serves as president, while a son, Ferruccio, 23, is commercial director and heir apparent. But because the firm's emphasis is on style, Designer Fiamma is its driving force...