Word: laurentic
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...lend a bit of tone to what otherwise might be a confusing free-for-all -namely, the Paris showings. As critiques of the latest fiasco boiled up last week, however, it was apparent that the fashion press had run totally out of patience with wispy Yves St. Laurent, long the sweetheart of haute couture...
...work "poor" and urged him to "shake off the weirdo and kooky influences." Others blamed Good Chum Andy Warhol for the campier aspects of Yves's latest line. WWD nevertheless sought an interview with its victim. Fat chance. "You haven't tried to understand Yves," a St. Laurent spokesman pouted, turning down the request. "You are trying to destroy Yves . . . you've broken the windows...
...Laurent's styles, in fact, brought back uncomfortable memories of the darkest fashion days of the '40s. Broad-shouldered jackets, high-heeled wedgies, chunky chubby coats and short skirts added up to a look variously characterized as raucous, trampy or harlotish. As his models clunked past the wide-eyed buyers, there were audible gasps...
...Angeles' Yves St. Laurent boutique is selling out every shipment that arrives; the favorite is a slightly flared, black velvet model ($60), with satin and crepe versions ($50) coming up fast. Actress Ursula Andress dines out in her bronze velvet shorts, and Raquel Welch had a special pair in white matte jersey run up for her to take on location in Spain. Staider ladies are rushing L.A.'s May Co. department store for their dotted-swiss knit mini over shorts ($26) or settling for Magnin's shorts-and-sweater outfit...
...occupying as prestigious a position in women's wardrobes as they once did in men's. No longer the saggy, baggy trademark of golfers, aging croquet enthusiasts and Jackie Coogan, the style has undergone a thorough rejuvenation, first at the virtuoso hands of couturiers Valentino and St. Laurent, now by just about every fashion house in the business. Macy's recently ran a full-page ad for "Happy Legs" knickers and sold 75 pairs in the first two hours after the store opened next morning...