Word: satin
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...familiar to millions of viewers: an ever more outrageously garbed Doc leading the band through the opening theme, then turning to await the gibes. "That looks like Roddy McDowall's diving-board cover," Carson will say of a white jumpsuit trimmed in rhinestones. Or, of a suede and satin set of Western threads, "I wouldn't wear that to fondle Randolph Scott's saddle horn...
...cornerman and personal mystic who calls him "the Blessing of the Planet"; a handler whose sole job is to comb Ali's hair; assorted grim-faced Muslim operatives; imperturbable Angelo Dundee, his trainer since 1960; Norman Mailer; Actor Burt Lancaster; Cash Clay Sr. in red velvet bellbottoms, red satin shirt and a plantation straw hat; the Major, a high roller from Philly who tools around in a Duesenberg; and Brother Rahaman Ali (formerly known as Rudolph Valentino Clay), his yeah...
...legwork for the story, is enthusiastic about the hemline's latest caprice and is looking for the "right pair" for her own wardrobe. Writer Johanna Davis has a few more doubts. Before starting to work on the week's assignment, she acquired a pair of satin patchwork hot pants and modeled them for her family. "I stood in what I thought was a fetching pose, sucking in my stomach and flashing a semigenuine smile," she recalls. "They just laughed." But Fashion Watcher Davis admits that she is usually not as trendy as the models and designers whom...
...sportswear type, but a brand-new outrageous variety, cut higher, tighter and altogether skimpier than anything Ruby Keeler ever kicked in (see THE THEATER). No longer fashioned of sturdy standards like denim and broadcloth, the current crop is made of flashier stuff-mink and monkey fur, silk and satin, calfskin, chiffon and cut velvet. The accepted generic term, hot pants, lends the style the leering inference of an adolescent joke. But short shorts are no joke; they are serious business, and women in major European and U.S. cities are currently risking their fashion reputations-and severe frostbite-to wear them...
...Angeles' Yves St. Laurent boutique is selling out every shipment that arrives; the favorite is a slightly flared, black velvet model ($60), with satin and crepe versions ($50) coming up fast. Actress Ursula Andress dines out in her bronze velvet shorts, and Raquel Welch had a special pair in white matte jersey run up for her to take on location in Spain. Staider ladies are rushing L.A.'s May Co. department store for their dotted-swiss knit mini over shorts ($26) or settling for Magnin's shorts-and-sweater outfit...