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The Dietrich movie is instructive, however, more in what it implies than in what it delivers. For one thing, the plot of the movie denies the gut reaction to Dietrich as femme fatale. The image of the cold-eyed castrator stands up, in fact, in only two of her films...
He criticizes Millett for sins of omissions as well. He notices that in a chapter she calls "The Sexual Revolution, First Phase: 1830-1930," she actually neglects to discuss anything that happens between 1900 and 1930. Thus, she quietly skirts the first world war and the twenties-a decade, notes...
There are few direct observations of Dany La Rouge or the other student leaders; Jones mainly seems disappointed that they developed from anarchism to Marxism-Leninism to Maoism. Jones skirts most of the political conflicts, reacting superficially to DeGaulle's and Pompidou's TV speeches. (Either they looked strong or...
This new wardrobe has a long midi-coat, but the skirts are mini and the girls also will have the option of wearing pants. Nowhere in sight are shorts. Just to keep the record straight.
St. Laurent's styles, in fact, brought back uncomfortable memories of the darkest fashion days of the '40s. Broad-shouldered jackets, high-heeled wedgies, chunky chubby coats and short skirts added up to a look variously characterized as raucous, trampy or harlotish. As his models clunked past the...