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...galactic attraction of the previews was Yves St. Laurent, perennial sun-prince of haute couture. Midst gypsy violinists and the Second Empire decor of his new couture house, St. Laurent presented a collection that left little doubt 1974 could turn into the year of the dress. Unlike the sad "sack" of the '60s, St. Laurent's Naive Chemise features more elegant tailoring, arm-length sleeves with tightly buttoned cuffs, high necklines and low, mid-calf hems. "For me, the chemise is an expression of freedom," said Libertarian Yves. "I wanted to make the fabric float over and just...
...During the Occupation she was active in the Resistance and after the war helped to found the popular women's weekly Elle and later L 'Express, for which she will continue to write. Slim and chic, Giroud often wears slacks to the office, buys clothes from St. Laurent. She lives alone in a modern French skyscraper near Montparnasse and frequently sees her grandsons and her daughter, Caroline, a doctor...
...Provocation. The 1930s theme was echoed by every Paris couturier from Givenchy, Balmain, Scherrer and Lapidus to Dior, St. Laurent and Chanel. Marc Bohan, Dior's successor, set the early pace. His skirts were long and supple. His jackets, closed at the waist with a narrow belt, were full and casual. Evening dresses, as diaphanous as lingerie, hint of luxury...
...Yves St. Laurent accented femininity even in suits tailored in men's checkered or pin-stripe fabrics. They are worn with print, tie-neck, full blouses that ease into soft yokes in back and bands at wrist or elbow. St. Laurent's beloved tunic reappeared, belted over wide pants or pleated skirts. For daytime dresses, he used every sort of pleat-box, inverted, knife, flat, broad-to gain an almost subliminal, flickering effect...
Died. Louis Stephen St. Laurent, 91, Prime Minister of Canada from 1948 to 1957 and a symbol of national pride and achievement; in Quebec. A man of patrician and benevolent manner who was often referred to as "Uncle Louis" by his countrymen, St. Laurent reluctantly left a successful Quebec law practice in 1941 to become Minister of Justice in the wartime Liberal government of Mackenzie King. As his country's second French-Canadian Prime Minister, St. Laurent oversaw a period of unprecedented growth and expansion. Canada's gross national product -sparked by American investment-nearly doubled, Newfoundland became...