Word: tuxedoes
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...face; he's battle ready yet war-weary. And in the age of AIDS, even Bond must bend to serial monogamy; this time, for reasons of plot and propriety, he's a one-gal guy. Dalton performed a lot of his own stunts, and he looks great in a tuxedo -- especially the one with the Velcro lapels that fold over to give him the guise of a priest-assassin...
...Moorish palace: gold chandeliers draped in white leaves and red streamers, the ceiling of the 50-ft.-high ballroom covered with shimmering silver and gold spangles like the fringes on a flapper's dress. That night, like a magnanimous feudal lord, Khashoggi, in a gray-and-black satin tuxedo, greeted his guests with kisses on both cheeks. Servants trooped into the ballroom carrying great silver salvers of lobster thermidor and pheasant with apples. For the children, there was a magic show featuring live doves, as well as hand-painted Cinderella-like carriages for them to ride around...
...Tuxes. For the finest inevening wear, Santa picks a 100 percent worstedtropical wool tuxedo with shawl collar for $315,holiday season red bowtie and cummerbund for$38.50 at The Crimson Shop (16 Dunster...
...prices that rise from the bargain basement ($139 for a polyester- blend model made in Hungary) to $3,500 for a hand-tailored cashmere or silk number from William Fioravanti in New York City. "There are only about 500 of us in the world who own these Fioravanti tuxedoes," boasts New Jersey Entrepreneur Joe Taub, who swanks up his with diamond-and-ruby studs. Giorgio Armani works subtle and cunning variations on the classic tux ($1,395), and Issey Miyake strikes off into fresh territory with an easy-fitting model with no lapels ($1,000), but tradition holds sway...
...necessary to be a board chairman to spiff up in a tux, however. "The tuxedo is a great equalizer," suggests Chicago Fund Raiser Sugar Rautbord. "It's hard to distinguish between the head waiter and a CEO." Bill Blass, whose traditional tux designs for After Six are among the industry's best sellers, brings the whole matter down to earth and into perspective: "Ultimately, it all stems back to women. It's the gal who wants to dress up, and the fellow has to go along." That's one reason Blass has been a success for so long; he knows...