Word: midriff
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Fashion's epidermis epidemic bared the thighs in 1969 with the mini. More recently, the midriff and lower back were boldly revealed by skimpy little halter tops. Where could designers go from there? Up. Flesh-o-mania has now reached the shoulders and the neck. The latest in deshabille: the strapless look...
...prizewinning pianist at the Paris Conservatory, Pons switched to singing when she discovered she had perfect pitch and extraordinary vocal cords. In 1929 at the Opera House in Mulhouse, Alsace, she debuted in Lakmé, a role in which she later daringly appeared, navel exposed, in costume sans midriff. One of her most famous performances was at the Metropolitan Opera in 1931: she sang the difficult "Mad Scene" in Lucia di Lammermoor in the key of F, an entire tone higher than the original score. Married to Conductor André Kostelanetz from 1938 until their divorce in 1958, Pons moved...
...close-fitting sheaths and tubes -as at Saint Laurent, who showed the skinniest of all, faintly reminiscent of the long T shirts popular a while back in ready-to-wear-or fairly full skirted with waists clearly marked by tucks and belts, as Givenchy does them. Suits emphasize the midriff too, with slim skirts, or skirts tucked to the hipbone, worn with jackets that skim the body closely. Jersey, flannel and gabardine are daytime favorites, with the emphasis on navy, white and variations on tones of beige; and the dressier clothes lean to muslins, chiffons and thin crepes in soft...
...most devastating influence of the circumpolar vortex has been felt in a broad tropical belt stretching round the globe. As the edge of the great wind system reaches closer to the planet's midriff, it has blocked moisture-laden equatorial winds. No longer have they been able to bring needed rain to such diverse areas as India, parts of Central America and West Africa's Sahel. Already suffering from years of overgrazing, the Sahel has dried up so badly that the Niger River can be forded by foot for the first time in centuries. In effect, the Sahara...
...second, were two men who epitomize the drab, jockish, predictable touring pro: Tom Weiskopf, the close-cropped, 6 ft. 3 in. Mr. All-American Boy who walks around as if there were a one-iron shoved up his ass; and Jim Weichers, a 6 ft. 2 in., 220 lb. midriff-bulging country bumpkin type, who lets his tongue hang out when he swings a golf club. Hill had to win out over those two clowns, and I had to beat the fat old schlock-slingers who never left the press tent with some real, live first-person coverage...