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...women drove up in their tractors. Bert Parks was there. He sang the bake-off song. The judges consisted of Kate Smith." Or the time in England that she saw the Queen Mother. "She's so cute. I saw her walking in front of Clarence House in her miniskirt. She's looking, you know. After all, she's a widow, the kids are married now. They've all moved away. Meg, not far enough. Well, it's the old story: kings she wants don't want her. A king her age wants a younger...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Comedians: Hot Potato | 10/21/1966 | See Source »

...Africa's southern tip, however, such difficulties seemed far away. Topless nighties were the talk of Cape Town. In Johannesburg, where last month's antique-car rally had drawn 69 entrants-from a 1907 Diatto-Clement to a 1938 Bugatti-the city was debating whether the miniskirt should be banned, and the ballet season began with performances by South African Stars Gary Burne and Phyllis Spira...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Africa: The Great White Laager | 8/26/1966 | See Source »

...vanish, and he has shown no objection to the new garb of girls who parade gracefully through the narrow streets of Tunis in brief, airy frocks. But one has to draw the line somewhere, and last week Bourguiba did-just below the knee-by banning the thigh-high miniskirt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tunisia: Shudder at the Knees | 8/26/1966 | See Source »

...Designer Victor Joris last year or Jacques Tiffeau last spring, claimed some. Alberto Fabiani in Rome the week before, recalled others. Even Patou's designer, Michel Goma, who brought waistlines up nearly under the arms, let the length vary from two inches above the knee to midcalf. The miniskirt? "Dégoütant," snapped Coco Chanel. "Now I know why men don't like women any more." And so Chanel stayed Chanel, with neatly fitted suits just covering the kneecap. Pierre Cardin dropped an inch, but was still airborne, two or three inches above the knee; Castillo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Stopping the Escalation | 8/5/1966 | See Source »

...hour's walk through Soho, but a mob of 2,000 zealots swarmed all over him just across the way from the Old Compton Street Cinema (current attraction: Orgy at Lil's Place). A stripper named Brigitte St. John screamed: "Billy, what do you think of my miniskirt?" and flung herself onto his car. As the reverend rode out of the bedlam, an aide was murmuring: "We're lucky to get away with our lives...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jun. 24, 1966 | 6/24/1966 | See Source »

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