Word: rome
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...three-month tour of Europe, on which "we saw everyone of any account, politically, in six countries. At the end of it, Harry had gained six pounds and I had lost ten. After one three-hour discussion-in-depth with an editor of L'Osservatore Romano, our Rome correspondent, who had been doing the interpreting, turned toward me and fainted flat on the floor. Before I got a shot of Scotch into him, Harry was back in the room, saying: 'Well, it's only 6:15-what are we going to do until dinner...
During the middle 1950s, Luce spent much of his time in Rome with his wife Clare, who had been appointed Ambassador to Italy by President Eisenhower in 1953. The Italian government gave him an honorary rank, as the ambassador's consort, immediately behind ministers plenipotentiary. But Luce kept discreetly out of the limelight, proudly leaving it to Clare. He studied Italian, roamed through Rome (he liked to show visitors the zoo, where he usually fed the animals), and set up a separate office of his own overlooking the Borghese Gardens. From there, he sent a steady flow of memos...
...time he flew back to Rome last week, order book overflowing from his 20-day U.S. tour, Valentino, 34, had clearly emerged as the new darling of the eminently fashionable...
What makes his success all the more remarkable is that Valentino opened his salon in Rome only six years ago, after learning the trade from Jean Dessès and Guy Laroche in Paris. Says Valentino Customer Consuelo Crespi: "He went after the extravagant, luxurious woman, and what he wanted he got." First he got Jackie Kennedy by dedicating five evening gowns to her in 1961. She remains his most constant client, last year bought her pants suit from his collection. She often writes him long, glowing letters, has even been known to clap her hands, crying "Valentino, live...
...Have Them All." Along the way he collected such other fashion pacesetters as Marella Agnelli, Princess Paola of Belgium, Audrey Hepburn and Anne Reed. Now he is the acknowledged king of Italian couture. His brown and white "head to toe" line featuring chain-printed silks was the hit of Rome's recent spring and summer collections. Though he has a staff of nearly 200 at his headquarters on Via Gregoriana, he has just opened a second salon in Milan to keep up with orders...