Word: kneeing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...years old, but it lacks the proportion for an older woman," says Valentino, who thinks that a woman's best years are between 30 and 50. "The vieille petite fille-the old little girl-looks ridiculous." Thus Valentino hemlines rise no more than one inch above the knee, and necklines are high. Yet the Valentino look is anything but matronly: bright, gay colors and trim, geometric lines characterize his designs; sheer luxury is one of their chief appeals. It is the kind of luxury that means fabrics costing as much as $140 per yard, three-faced wools, the most...
Kirkland's Dave Thomas missed the game because of knee injuries suffered late in the season, and offensive spark-plug Bo Keefe left the game after a few minutes with an ankle sprain...
...polar bears who turn up on crowded Czech trams and in train compartments. "People in dirty work clothes should not get on public transport, because they will soil other people's clothes," she writes. "In the train, don't fall asleep on a stranger's knee." Nor should comradely formalities be overdone. Don't, for instance, shout the reverent Communist greeting, "Honor to labor!" to a friend who is sunbathing on the beach: such enthusiasm, she warns, "could appear ironic." More important, when greeting a woman, kiss her hand and address her as "Madame" rather than...
...frequently guffawing, he waxed alternately boastful and coy, intense and nostalgic, recalling at one point his 1956 trip "to that strange land, the United States of America." "I do not need a grand desk to sign important state papers," he announced. "I sign them right here on my knee." Humming all the while, he then signed a paper to prove...
...soft surprises. Hard (far-out) surprises in the March issue, out next week, include Ferrari-inspired shoes that are red, black, green and yellow, and have wheels and a red "2" painted on their sides. Also hard: a "prancesuit" made up of a melon crepe tunic and thigh-tight knee pants with blue crystal trim and blue shoes to match. The soft(expectable) surprise comes in the form of Paris spring fashions, from Dior's white hunting jacket to St. Laurent's daytime version of "le smoking...