Word: opal
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...down Manhattan's Seventh Avenue and in and out of 35 design houses last week hiked Mrs. Opal Ligon, the "better dress" buyer for Goudchaux's, the best department store in Baton Rouge, La. Mrs. Ligon's pilgrimage was duplicated about 4,000 other buyers who crowded into the fashion shows and showrooms to buy the clothes that U.S. women will wear this fall. Like most of her colleagues, she cut through the razzmatazz and made swift, sharp decisions...
...good mother-of-the-bride." At Ceil Chapman, she picked up a beaded taupe silk chiffon sheath (retail price: $395). At Estévez, she bought a few items that the trade describes as "church-and-drinking dresses"-they can go anywhere. "Air conditioning has changed the picture," said Opal, as she examined some woolens. "Used to be you couldn't buy a good, even slightly heavy wool for the South. Now I buy wool and wool and wool...