Word: pastel
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...book may help remedy. A single passage by Evelyn Waugh in Labels is more than enough to justify all that roaming around that so many did: "I do not think I shall ever forget the sight of Etna at sunset; the mountain almost invisible in a blur of pastel grey, glowing on the top and then repeating its shape, as though reflected, in a wisp of grey smoke with the whole horizon behind radiant with pink light, fading gently into a grey pastel sky. Nothing I have seen in Art or Nature was quite so revolting...
Annaud, who garnered an Oscar for his first feature film, Black and White in Color, directs with ease and self-confidence. He knows that to succeed, his story must be a life-like dream. And Coup de Tete has a marvelously fluid, dreamy quality. Pastel colors spread with warmth and details--nightstand accessories--are not overlooked...
...persuasive advertising poured Dout of the small, freewheeling agencies known as ad boutiques, like Carl Ally or Delia Femina, Travisano & Partners. Gucci-shod zanies in tinted glasses and with-it jargon dreamed up "the white wine that goes with any dish" for Blue Nun and Braniff's pastel-colored jets and Pucci-clad stewardesses. But these days the modest shops along Madison Avenue are once again the big agencies. Says Ed McCabe, president of the onetime boutique Scali, McCabe, Sloves "The giants are doing more good work than ever before." Last week Advertising Age, the industry's Guide...
...some deceptive ways Saigon seems not to have changed. The nostalgic visitor can still order a Grand Marnier Souffle in a good French restaurant or go to the Rex Hotel on Saturday night and dance with a lissome girl in a pastel ao dai. But such moments are illusory. The Marxist regime of the North makes its presence felt down to the naming of streets and buildings. The elegant Caravelle Hotel is now the Independence. The city's raffish main street, Tu Do (Freedom) has been renamed Dong Khoi (General Uprising), commemorating the Communist takeover...
...imagination and some bullion, does anything but turn a woman into an honorable schoolboy. The clothes are neat, crisp, classic; with various permutations, they can be romantic and understatedly sexy. The time-honored Fair Isle sweater, for example, now comes in bright, balletic colors as well as the traditional pastel yellows and blues. Madras jackets and Bermuda shorts now sport divers hues unknown in Madras. The shirtwaist dress has gone from demure to dashing. Add such touches as paisley bow ties, rainbow-hued knee socks, grosgrain headbands and Liberty scarves, and the viewer begins to wonder what kind of school...