Word: pastel
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...designer for the royal family, answered some fashion queries. British women, he said, looked their best in "classic" tweeds; French women "in little black cocktail frocks"; and American women "looked good in anything." How about his distinguished customers? Queen Elizabeth, Princess Elizabeth and Princess Margaret, he said, traditionally choose pastel colors. Reason: they offer better visibility in a public appearance...
...recent writer for the American Legion's monthly magazine fears that an article by National Commander Earl Cocke, Jr. was too subtle for Legion members. There was some question whether readers would recognize their commander's references to "pastel mink coats, Phi Beta Kappa keys, and deference to the British Foreign Office." In answer to this call for help from the ranks, "American Legion" has taken off its kid gloves...
Adrian's Africa is as well-groomed and chic as an Adrian dress collection. Under pastel skies, orderly Daliesque vistas stretch away toward infinity. Stilt-limbed natives cavort decoratively with zebras and elephants, or sit among delicate foliage, holding snakes that have skins like fashionable dress prints...
...popularity; his Examen de Danse is the public's favorite painting at the Denver Art Museum. Housed in a onetime factory, Denver's museum uses street show windows to lure the public, and features contemporary American art along with such European masterpieces as this magnificently drawn pastel...
...play. Director John C. Wilson has combined the best scenes from "The Taming of the Shrew" with Porter's music and some exciting choreography by Hanya Holm to make a highly entertaining show. Lemuel Ayers' costumes and settings are not only magnificent but give the production a light pastel touch which keeps it from being the usually garish musical comedy...