Word: renta
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...style is called either Belle Époque (after turn-of-the-century coiffures), or "Oscar's hairdo" (after Designer Oscar de la Renta, who put topknots on all the models at his spring collections last month). Mr. Kenneth finds the look soft, romantic, and most important, "not terrifying to a man. To him, it looks as if it's all up there with just one pin, and he's got to think 'If only I can find it, in a matter of seconds it will all be out on the pillow...
...week) finally put her in the hospital and forced her to cancel $250,000 worth of bookings. "The Mama Cass diet can give you acute tonsillitis, hemorrhaging vocal cords, mononucleosis and a case of hepatitis," she said. And now? "Lose 55 more pounds-then ask Oscar de La Renta to design an entire wardrobe...
...OSCAR DE LA RENTA thinks that natural shyness is probably responsible for the fact that Mrs. Nixon "hasn't started blooming yet." He envisions her as "ladylike" and "distinguished," an air she could cultivate by dressing in "a more feminine and fluid way." His boldly belled crepe pants suit with gold trim has that liquid look...
...white Cadillac limousines. For entertainment, he arranged an "informal" dinner the first night, which all but a handful of ladies knew meant come in a gown, followed the next night by a black-tie ball (Meyer Davis music) and fashion show, with Marquis Emilio Pucci and Oscar de La Renta present to show their styles...
...nude in his private pool, where he also tests out new swimsuit fabrics. As a former dancer and an outdoors-loving Californian, he believes wholeheartedly in the natural body. He has carried his beliefs into practice. Today, Editor of French Vogue Françoise de Langlade de La Renta claims: "No one has freed the body like Rudi Gernreich, and I doubt that anyone so overflows with ideas." One of his most liberating designs was a simple knit tank suit with no inner construction. It came at a time when women were bathing in suits so full of stays and gussets...