Word: lacing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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While the secret of Saint Laurent's longevity is in his daytime clothes, his brilliance shows in his extravagant evening fantasies. There are, to be sure, examples of pure, timeless classicism and of ethereal visions fashioned out of yards of Chantilly lace. More often he sheds convention like an overcoat in springtime. There are reckless forays into nudity, called see-through in the catalogue; avalanches of silk that swell the exemplary trapeze into a balloon; decadent wraith-wear for psychedelic occasions. Is this foolery (all done before the designer turned 40) vulgar, silly, nutty? Yes, probably all three...
...time it was over, the harriers had dropped their first meet of the season Saturday at the Gordon Track by 47 points, 29-76, against a team Harvard Coach Frank Haggerty deemed one of the strongest his troops will lace this winter. "Army was a tough team to open against," said Haggerty, who added that the Cadets hurt Harvard with their excellent sprinters...
Delicately embroidered clothing finely crafted Portuguese lace, multicolored Oriental batiks, and ornate doilies, all created by Cambridge women, will be unveiled tonight as part of an exhibition sponsored by the Cambridge Oral History Center...
...ensemble-named for its performing space, a chastely remodeled former grand-opera house-is mounting productions ranging from Hamlet to Godspell, from a transvestite Arsenic and Old Lace to a studiously Edwardian The Doctor's Dilemma. Phillips will direct four of the nine main stage productions and co-direct three more. (The schedule also includes five children's shows, adapted from stories by Paul Gallico.) The actors, many of them veterans of the Phillips era at Stratford, work in true repertory: a weekend visitor can see four plays in two days; at its peak during December, the Grand...
...Rain, considered a blessing by the Greeks, had descended like a gray benediction across the island of Skorpids. In the tiny chapel, Jacqueline Kennedy stood quietly-almost in a daze-in her beige chiffon-and-lace dress, Aristotle Onassis in his dark blue business suit. John and Caroline, each carrying a single tall white candle, flanked them. As Archimandrite Polykarpos Athanassion intoned the solemn Greek of the nuptial liturgy, Jackie and Ari exchanged rings and wreaths of lemon blossoms, and drank wine from a single chalice. Then the priest led them round a table three times in the ritual dance...