Word: satin
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Cardin included in his show a strapless black outfit with a satin belt, while Guy Laroche took off with a multicolor batwing evening dress. From Lanvin came a sheer-topped gown with delicate pastel embroidery, and from Courrèges, a skirt and blouse combination laden with ruffles. For most of high fashion's critics, clients, and trend watchers, the week's main feature was the Saint Laurent collection. Paris' No. 1 designer, who launched the costume revolution with his Russian, gypsy, Cossack fashions of 1976, had presaged a return to modernity with his ready-to-wear...
...dominated the collection. Shown with cuffed slacks or over a narrow skirt, the jacket was matched with sexy blouses, narrow-brim straw hats and a variety of ties. Once noted for the austere tailoring of his classic pantsuits, Saint Laurent has now softened his approach. His showstopper: a black satin tuxedo suit whose jacket was opened to expose a decorative strapless black lace...
...Some are satin some are steel...
Daltrey's hottest cuts on the album are "Say it Ain't So, Joe" and "Avenging Annie" (in that order). "Satin and Lace," "Doing It All Again," "Parade," and "One of the Boys" are all solid cuts. Daltrey co-authored only two of the album's ten songs...
...sense, Saint Laurent has designed the emperor's new clothes. His soft, flowing dresses, characterized by full sleeves and a loose obi caressing the hips, are adaptations of angular Chinese designs. Over these dresses or over satin pants are worn gargantuan wraps-a peplum coat sewn with real gold thread cloth, costing over $200 a meter, or a massive Genghis Khan jacket made of iridescent brocades and lined with fur. Saint Laurent set off his ensembles with high-heeled boots and a variety of hats, including pillbox and coolie styles...