Word: scotts
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cause of the hazardous celebration was the overwhelming success of Scott's new spring and summer collection, which the week before drew applause from 700 international buyers and fashion writers gathered in Florence's Pitti Palace...
...37th show of the National Chamber of Italian Fashion, Scott had sent 14 models swirling down the runway wearing flower-printed jersey in every shade of pink imaginable, from begonia, bougainvillea and poinsettia to lobster, raspberry, strawberry and watermelon. The designer called the look "hippie gypsy," and it included tiny bra tops covered by bolero jackets, Hungarian tunic blouses combined with tights or flowing midiskirts and curly hairdos bound up with kerchiefs. Jewels glinted from every ear, finger, neck, wrist, waist and ankle. Scott's version of this year's costume look was the hit of the show...
Beard and Sandals. For an American, such success in the Italian fashion world is unprecedented, and Scott came a long way to achieve it. He was born in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father, an itinerant photographer and traveling salesman, died when he was twelve, leaving the family destitute. Scott worked after school dressing store windows, went to Manhattan in 1940 to study art with Painters Moses and Rafael Soyer. "I wore sandals and a beard," he says. "Oh, I was one of the early hippies." He switched to designing fabrics, took off for Paris in 1947, and has been...
...Today, Scott employs 200 workers, twice as many as Pucci has, and each year uses up more than 50,000 yards of synthetic Ban-Lon-a silklike nylon fabric patented by Bancroft Division of Indian Head Inc. His clothes, which sell in the U.S. for $65 to $1,000, are worn by, among others, Christina Ford, Fleur Cowles, Audrey Hepburn, Betty Furness and Marella Agnelli, wife of the Fiat boss...
Nobody Dares. "Ken was doing psychedelic colorings before anyone even knew what psychedelic was all about," says Manhattan Fashion Illustrator Joe Eula. "Nobody dares to put color next to color the way he does." Scott also anticipated the Bonnie and Clyde look back in 1963, with clunky shoes and floppy beach pajamas. He was an early advocate of "unisex," designing his-and-her matching pants suits two years...