Word: minked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...role as a philandering translator, the actress did some Paris sightseeing. "Wherever you go there are always these fabulous restaurants or monuments or boutiques," she commented, displaying her celebrated eye for detail. Ann-Margret added that she had picked up at least one extravagant souvenir during her travels-a mink coat for Husband-Manager Roger Smith on his 43rd birthday. Customs officials, please note...
...offices in Hawaii: U.S. Senator Hiram Fong, who is of Chinese ancestry, and Frank Fasi, mayor of Honolulu, an Italian American. A rundown of other important Hawaiian politicians reads like an A.J.A. Who's Who: U.S. Senator Daniel Inouye of Watergate committee fame, Representatives Spark Matsunaga and Patsy Mink, State Senate President John Ushijima, State House Speaker James Wakatsuki. A.J.A.s hold 55% of the seats in the state legislature and six of the eleven places on the University of Hawaii's board of regents...
...official home with a handsome set of artworks, including 15 to 20 items from Rocky's personal collection. For the master bedroom they have donated the famous $35,000 "cage" bed designed by Surrealist Max Ernst, which will remain after the family leaves. It has a seven-foot mink coverlet, trap doors for lamps, telephones and stereo controls, as well as accompanying sun and moon medallions at the head and foot, and a lithograph of Ernst's painting The Great Ignoramus. The Rockefellers have also contributed a dozen pieces of furniture, including Korean and Japanese chests, which will...
Morocco Inspired. Yves Saint Laurent celebrated détente with a Russian look: three-quarter-length suede coats bordered in mink, worn over a sum velvet skirt and a printed cossack blouse in crepe de Chine, all topped by a huge matching mink toque. Another Y.S.L. standout was a silk poplin pelisse lined and trimmed in fisher, over a tweed suit with a tweedy patterned crepe de Chine blouse. For evening he had many floating mousselines, including several djellabas that were probably inspired by Saint Laurent's trips to Morocco, where he has a house...
Endangered Species. At Dior and most other houses this year, the fur flew freely. Bohan's coats have collars of red or silver fox; raincoats are lined and hooded in mink and moleskin; his anoraks are lined in seal or fox; sheer jackets are bordered in matching ostrich plumes. But if Bohan's clothes hurt the purse, they should not distress the conscience. Said a program footnote: "Christian Dior Fourrure hereby declares that none of the furs shown in the collection are on the endangered list of the World Wild Life Fund." Indeed, if their prices keep rising...