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...Dwight Eisenhower). He is working, diplomatically but determinedly, to give Ford "a more presidential look." Rosenthal thinks that Ford, with his trim 6-ft. 1-in. frame and 37-in. waist, is a tailor's dream. But, in Rosenthal's view, the President's Middle American mod choice in clothes has been a bit too flashy for the White House. So next week, when Rosenthal is ushered into the Oval Office with a portfolio of materials from which the President will choose his winter wardrobe, there will be none of the plaids, brightly striped shirts and rainbow...
Since Cezanne, one of the stumbling blocks of figurative art had been mod ern dress. Cloaks and perukes are all very well, but what artist in this century has made anything of the dull flaps and tubes that constitute a business suit...
...Sadler's Wells revival, but the public was cool to Choreographer Frederick Ashton's jarring transfer of the mythic lovers from the 3rd century B.C. to modern Greece. This spring, for New York City Ballet's Ravel Festival, John Taras confected an ill-favored mod-squad version that will probably be consigned to the choreographic trash can. George Balanchine flatly called the Ravel score, with its wildly eccentric rhythms, impossible. Nonetheless, because he was "madly in love with the music," Tetley plunged ahead. Said he: "It is simply one of the most sensual scores ever written. Ravel...
Lord Baden-Powell might be appalled, but the square knot of scouting is slipping fast. Reacting to longstanding charges of irrelevance and to dwindling membership rolls (down 515,457 in the past year), the Boy Scouts of America have been seeking a mod image for the electronic age. Some of their innovations were on display over the weekend at Campex-West, a Camporee for 2,425 Scouts at San Francisco's Presidio...
...modé Chic. The jumpsuit, like most of the clothes in Russell's movies, was designed by his wife Shirley. She also collects thrift-shop gear, and Russell pictures are immediately recognizable by their raffish, démodé chic. Aesthetics aside, this practice also keeps down wardrobe costs. "I'd heard Russell was difficult to work with, went over the budget, that kind of thing," says Producer Stigwood, "but it isn't true." Tommy's budget of $3.5 million was probably more money than Russell had seen in some time. His last movies...