Word: organza
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There were more than 600 of them, a spirited sea of tuxedoes and dinner jackets and splendid organza gowns. Their weathered faces suggested that some fellowship of older folk, maybe retirees, had assembled in Washington's Hilton Hotel last week. They were, instead, veterans of what President Ronald Reagan called "a twilight war." What bonded them and brought them together was the storied Office of Strategic Services, the cloak-and-dagger agency that was born in World War II and led to the formation...
...Once shy in public, "the world's most beautiful woman" finally seems to be enjoying her undimmed status as a living screen legend. At the start of last week the Film Society of Lincoln Center honored that legend with its lifetime achievement award. Resplendently slim in a petaled silk organza gown by Arnold Scaasi, Taylor, 54, arrived (45 minutes late, typically) to take her seat in a box next to her mother Sara Taylor, 90, and listen to testimonials by the likes of Roddy McDowell, Jane Powell, Mike Nichols and Lillian Gish. "She is herself an occasion," exclaimed longtime Friend...
...trademarks used to be hot pants and hard rock, but these days Linda Ronstadt, 37, is more comfortable with organza and lush orchestras. "I've always been eclectic in my tastes," says the Arizona-born singer. Last week she would have done any 40s prom proud at the World's Fair in New Orleans as she kicked off a nationwide concert tour that will feature a full orchestra conducted by mainstream Maestro Nelson Riddle, 63. Ronstadt's fondness for retro chic is getting to be longstanding. In 1980 she reached back to Gilbert & Sullivan when...
Like many other clothes from the late '50s and early '60s, the trapeze still looks easy and contemporary. It is only by lifting the hem that the intricacy of its high-fashion construction is seen: the organza underskirt with horsehair lining in the hem covering a tulle layer and another of silk. Saint Laurent's loose outline for daytime wear turns up repeatedly in his work over the years: the famous Mondrian skimmers of the '60s, the chemise in his latest collection, which has been installed by the fashion press as the silhouette of choice...
...diamanté, sequins and paillettes. It was on the eve of her exhibition, Romantic and Glamorous Hollywood Design at the Metropolitan Museum, and the former Vogue editor in chief was putting last-minute touches on more than 100 refurbished but original costumes from the movies. Pausing by the white organza gown worn by Joan Crawford in Letty Lynton, she recalled: "Five hundred thousand copies of this dress were sold." Then she straightened the hat worn by Vivien Leigh when Scarlett O'Hara bailed out Rhett Butler in Gone With the Wind, and marveled at the exotic headpiece that disguised...