Word: sequin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Manhattan, Altman's department store advertised a new wrinkle for the pampered housewife: a collection of sequin-trimmed aprons ($35 each), with matching sequinned potholders...
...flurry of ruffled tutu feathers, a battle was joined last week. At the Metropolitan Opera House the Original Ballet Russe opened to a predominantly male first-night audience (including a young man with sequin dust in his hair). The next night Manhattanites scurried to the Broadway Theater for the opening of the American-style Ballet Theater...
glamorous: anything plus a sequin...
Once the dingy little side-street stores held only a yawning clerk and a clutter of rummage-sale merchandise. Now: In Chicago a stripteaser is a regular customer of one of the infant Welfare Shops. Weary of material-scrimping war models, she is in the market for glittering sequin evening gowns "that I can slip out of easily." Practically any old phonograph record will sell, and dresses with full-length zippers are snatched out of the hands of delivery men. The Woman's Society of Winnetka's Congregational Church cleared $7,400 in a one-day sale, with...
...Senators watched in curious silence as Madame Chiang walked down the aisle of the Senate Chamber. They saw a still face with big dark eyes. They saw a slim, straight figure in a black Chinese gown, with here a tiny splash of jade, there a black sequin's understated sparkle. Madame Chiang stepped to the rostrum, listened as Vice President Wallace introduced her, shot a smile at the Senators, and then, after apologizing for not having a set speech, knocked their silvery blocks off extemporaneously...