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Madame la Maráchale, 67, was dignified in a straw sailor and a high-necked light tailleur. Short, chunky Madame Laval, 57, wore sari-like slacks and a beige coat. Her hair was swathed in a capacious scarf...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: Wives & Witnesses | 8/20/1945 | See Source »

...sensational model was the "Merry Widow'': a sophisticated cocktail dress in heavy black crepe, with a short clinging skirt, a pink rose to punctuate the waist. It is worn with a black halo hat trailing a waist-length floating black lace scarf. Then there was an evening gown-33 yards of chiffon shading from deep apricot to pale oyster. At these and 46 other fripperies, in the ballroom of the West End's swank Mayfair Hotel, women buyers gasped with pent-up pleasure. It was London's first "non-austerity" style show in six years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: From Apricot to Oyster | 7/9/1945 | See Source »

...Duke & Duchess of Windsor dropped in on the Salvation Army in Manhattan-he in a brown and tan get-up with a black derby, she in a grey suit, matching beanie, sable scarf, pearl necklace, diamond clip, aquamarine-&-sapphire earrings. When the Duke shed his topcoat, a nosey bystander noted that it was a hand-me-down from the '30s, with a label inside the collar which read: "Prince of Wales...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: People, Jun. 18, 1945 | 6/18/1945 | See Source »

Panned. In Milwaukee, a little boy on a bus tugged at the scarf wrapped around his head, finally uncovered a shiny aluminum pan clamped fast to his head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Miscellany, Apr. 16, 1945 | 4/16/1945 | See Source »

Died. Ambrose R. Clark, 64, correct, impeccable dean of ushers at Manhattan's Riverside Church, creator of the traditional ushers' uniform (cutaway, striped trousers, scarf and boutonniere) ; of a heart attack; in Fayetteville...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 27, 1944 | 11/27/1944 | See Source »

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