Word: pillboxes
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Robert Rodat have been introducing us to members of a small Ranger unit commanded by Tom Hanks' Captain Miller, in effect bonding us with them as they pass through this inner circle of hell, feeling their fear, enduring their losses, sharing their weary triumph when they destroy the enemy pillbox that commands their sector. They--we--have done enough. Time now to rest, regroup...
...Frowick Halston was the first fashion superstar, a huge personality who was the embodiment of '70s glamour, excess and hyperactive nightlife, the dresser of such gorgeous creatures as Elizabeth Taylor, Liza Minnelli, Lauren Bacall and Jacqueline Kennedy (he even created her pink pillbox hat). But as a designer, he was all minimalist chic. His simple, elegant lines, his use of sensual, clinging fabrics like jersey and cashmere and practical ones like Ultrasuede and his disavowal of the extraneous made him the quintessential American designer. But a businessman he was not. Long before he died...
Hang on to your pillbox: Halston may be back. Under the guidance of designer Randolph Duke and managing director Carmine Porcelli, the Halston label is getting hotter than a mink stole in August. Geena Davis and Minnie Driver triggered a volley of flashbulbs when they wore Halston to the Oscars in March. Exclusive department stores are stocking Halston again. After three well-received fashion shows, naysayers who clucked that the label was best consigned to history are beginning to hold their tongue. Just as folks are fondly looking back on the old Halston haunt Studio 54, with two movies...
Queen Elizabeth II, clad in full-length fur and trademark pillbox hat, landed at Moscow's airport for the first-ever Russian visit by a reigning British monarch. The trip, proposed by Russian President Boris Yeltsin during a recent stay at Buckingham Palace, was widely billed as a signal that cold war tensions between the two nations are over. While the Queen -- still, technically, Britain's head of state -- won't be penning any treaties or declarations, TIME London bureau chief Barry Hillenbrand says the Pope-style stopover matters: "She doesn't say anything political, but the fact is, where...
Young Mrs. Kennedy, in her early 30s, in the pillbox hat, or the bloody pink suit, or the black veil, became one of the urdivinities of the paleotelevision age. By the time she died, she was still arguably the most famous woman on earth. Who else -- Madonna? Princess Di? (The falloff in quality is steep...