Word: satinized
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...plant, its 315 acres, its stalls for 1,250 horses. It was all that they expected it to be. In the infield, three lakes in tiers gurgled at one another by means of connecting waterfalls, squadrons of swans were kept in line by a female swanherd dressed in yellow satin. A three-piece swing band furnished the proper notes in the clubhouse bar. Waiters in white jackets provided "curb service" to the boxes, seats were equipped with gadgets to hold glasses and plates right side up during the excitement of the races. There was even a soda fountain for teetotalers...
Last week, attired in a slithering backless blue satin evening gown, she sent the royal hosts and guests swinging with hot choruses of the latest U. S. numbers. Said the ''Bronx Bombshell" after her performance: "I was busy as a bee the whole evening looking at all the famous faces. This is an evening that I will remember all my life...
...royal wedding on the third day went off without anyone taking a pot shot at the King. As muezzins wailed from the minarets, the tall, dark-haired Countess, dressed in a white satin gown, mounted a coach drawn by four prancing white stallions, a gift from the Hungarian Government, drove through the mud-caked streets to the Royal Palace. Protected by a bodyguard of 1 ,000 soldiers, King Zog received his bride-to-be, escorted her into the library, where his prized collection of antique firearms covers the green and yellow walls. There Heqmet Delvina, vice president of the Parliament...
...Tribune's, Alex Small was among those who saw otherwise, cabled: "Farida wore no veil at all, revealing that she is of the pure Circassian type, more beautiful than has been represented in any of her pictures. Her short, slim, childish figure was clothed in a billowing white satin wedding gown." Worth of Paris charged the Egyptians $3,000 for this dress. Other eyes must have seen her too, for, still breaking tradition, she rode out incognito with Farouk to watch the fireworks...
Gorgeous though the Greek Orthodox ceremony was, with the Archbishop of Athens and 40 bishops officiating in dazzling, bejeweled regalia-Greek guests in the Cathedral seemed to be chiefly fascinated by the fact that the pale blue satin Paris gown of the Duchess of Kent was closed all the way down the front with a zipper. After the Orthodox wedding the royal pair were joined in holy matrimony a second time by a Lutheran pastor from Germany, then went to be legally married by civil authorities and the bride was recorded to have changed her name from the German Frederika...