Word: satin
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...previous high was set in 1948, by Columbia. Art Valpey's first team--flashing black satin pants and a sensational offense--took the Rossides--Kusserow-Nork powerhouse by surprise and upset the Lions...
...fabric of the belt depends upon the hour of the day and upon the formality and texture of the costume. The self-respecting Cliffedweller would as soon wear luminous green eyeshadow in the daytime as appear in red satin cinch for a nine a.m. class. Leather--plain polished saddle leather or colored calf--looks best with sweaters and tweeds, but a girl could conceivably branch out into monetone or even striped or polka-dotted grosgrain and possibly velveteen for daytime wear. After-five and night-life cinches encompass a staggering range of materials, from supple leathers (since sweaters...
...Smithsonian Institution acknowledged receipt of a grey satin and silver lame evening gown worn by Bess Truman at the 1949 inaugural reception. The Smithsonian will drape the gown over a plaster cast form and add it next year to the collection of twelve inaugural dresses worn by earlier First Ladies...
...treatment of what seemed to be a minor liver ailment (it was cancer). Last week, after a sudden crisis, the dancing feet were forever stilled. To her friends, it was as though the lights on Broadway had gone out. This week Gertrude Lawrence was buried in the shell pink satin dress she wore in The King and I sequence called "Shall We Dance...
...also a keynote this year. The ruling thought is to make wood look like cloth, cloth look like fur, and fur look like fabric. Dacron has coped the crown from rayon, nylon, et al. Poodle cloth is indistinguishable from persian lamb, and the glittering sheen of furs resembles satin more than sable...