Word: uniformly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...half a dozen streets in Mayfair. In a men's-club atmosphere of horsehair sofas, fireplaces, brass candelabras and rolltop desks, the shops breathe-as one historian noted appreciatively-"the fumes of privilege, of clubs, of Toryism." In keeping with the tradition that put a Savile Row uniform on Napoleon III when he mounted the throne of France, Hawes & Curtis recently finished a $900, gold-braided beauty for Thailand's King Bhumibol, as part of a 113-suit wardrobe. At Denman & Goddard's, cutters have been diligently remaking a drainpipe-trousered bohemian into the royal fashionplate that...
...Although one-quarter of British women still use neither powder nor lipstick, eye shadow sales have jumped 36% in the past year; deodorants are up 7%. Today, the average Englishwoman spends $8 annually on cosmetics. The British teen-ager was traditionally a purposefully plain miss, encased in wool-jumper uniform topped by a straw boater, who was supposed to be interested only in her pony. Now she starts powdering at 14, spends $20 a year on cosmetics...
...state visit the U.S. had ever laid on. But, explained a State Department official, "it isn't important that several members of the delegation had no visas, that several others had no international health certificates, that one lost his passport and that the military aide has only one uniform. Here's a man who is dealing cold turkey with the whole world-from kings to carpetbaggers-and with very little preparation...
Lehman has also directed the play. He stages it simply and straightforwardly, adding many bits that brighten the evening. A welcome touch is variety and characterization within the lively dances, rather than uniform Rockette precision...
...hard to assign final responsibility for the uniform ineptitude of the acting, but it seems likely that not all of the blame should be placed on the individual actors. Much of the responsibility is the property of Mr. Swortzell who, besides mismanaging his actors' movements has also failed utterly to provide any unity of style for his cast. In any case, the acting is so uniformly abysmal that no purpose would be served by naming names. The one aspect of the show that is worthy of praise is the fine set designed by Stephan Palestrant. He alone seems to have...