Word: rouff
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Paris banker. For days Canadian papers conjectured whether George St. Lawrence Neuflize Ponsonby was likely to burst out crying during the Speech from the Throne, seemed to rather hope he would. Instead the Babe proved himself a Bessborough, did nothing, said nothing, with dignity. Lady Bessborough, gowned by Maggy Rouff in blue and silver lame. made an able substitute Queen Mary, her throat roped with pearls, her head regally supporting a tiara. In legal fiction the Governor General became "the actual person of the King in Canada" when he took the gilded Throne, attended by handsome young Court pages...
...startle the trade almost any year with a new trend, they are not at present the most dominant influence in fashion. Preeminent among them are Lelong, said to be the best organized house in Paris, Chanel, Bruyere, Goupy, Louiseboulanger, Jane Regny, Lucille Paray, Martial & Armand, Marcel Rochas, Maggy Rouff, Vera Borea, Alix, Dilkusha, Jodelle and the redoubtable Jean Patou...
...feathers of all kinds- ostrich, bird and barnyard - on boas, capes, muffs and epaulets which are snap-fastened to evening frocks. ¶ Hats concede only their trimmings (fur & feathers) to the Mae West furor and are mostly peaked berets, low-crowned sailors, draped turbans. Stylists noted particularly that : Maggy Rouff plumps for small Victorian basque waists flat in front and back but spreading shell-like from the hips, fur peplums on street jackets and huge pouch pockets which flap from the belts of sport jackets. Schiaparelli, reigning favorite of smart...
...gowns, shown only for their publicity value. Thus the Swiss designer Heim, opening his new shop on the Champs Elysees, showed sports dresses of natural burlap with clothesline girdles; Jane Regny had a combination evening gown and bathing suit; Gabrielle Chanel had gloves of 18-carat spun gold; Maggy Rouff showed evening gowns with a zipper down the front from neck to hem "for moonlight bathing." Ruffling through their notebooks, buyers reported the following definite trends for 1933 summer fashions: ¶ Waists will be lower, lines will be definitely straighter and looser. Sleeves are moderately full, shoulders continue high, wide...