Word: satin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this guy," Laurie Anderson is saying, in a flat but mellifluous Midwestern voice, suggesting unexpected hospitality amid cold, wide-open spaces. "And he looked," she continues, "like he might have been a hat-check clerk at an ice rink." She is onstage, a post-punk dream clad in black satin, electric-pink socks the only splash of color. "Which, in fact, he turned out to be." Her hair is short, spiky, capping a high-cheekboned, all-American visage. An organ chord swells in the background. "And I said, 'Oh boy. Right again. Let x equal x.' " Behind...
...looseness of a mohair duster, the easy lines of a woman's blueserge bicycle suit, even a white wool polo coat from Brooks Brothers, all prefigure a less restrictive notion of sophistication. The summer whites of Newport are as dazzling to a contemporary eye as a violet satin costume brocaded in gold and silver, supposedly worn by Sarah Bernhardt...
...focus fixed on clothes. James' designs had spiritual roots in the Belle Epoque, but their bold architecture makes them look right up to the minute-or, in the case of some dresses on display, just ahead of it. In 1937 he designed a quilted evening jacket of white satin that he filled with eider down. Salvador Dali called it the first soft sculpture (Was Claes Oldenburg listening?), and James himself thought his design had inspired the U.S. military when they needed heavy-weather gear. Indeed, James frequently thought that he was being knocked off, especially by the vulgarians...
...Sesame Street Muppets and the music-hall camaraderie of The Muppet Show may not be ready to relinquish pleasure for awe as they enter The Dark Crystal's palatial cavern. And they may not be alone. Miss Piggy would take one look at the place and order pink satin drapes. -By Richard Corliss
...tawdry tale has proved a minor embarrassment for the White House. In her court papers, Morgan alleged that Bloomingdale's satin pillow talk included details of how he got campaign contributions for Reagan. She also told a newspaper interviewer that Betsy first learned of her husband's infidelity from Nancy Reagan, which was emphatically denied by a Reagan aide. The White House's discomfiture rose even higher when it was disclosed that Marvin Mitchelson, the well-known palimony lawyer who briefly represented Morgan, had discussed the case with Morgan Mason, special assistant to the President. Mitchelson says...