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Word: vachon (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...sandals; the women, with or without Bardot's dimensions, wear floppy white hats, brightly colored loose shirts, and pastel trousers so tight that they look as though they had been stuck on. Their feet are bare and bronzed. The czarina of fashion is a waterfront couturiere named Madame Vachon who employs a whole army of peasant girls to sew and cut and iron the simple summer uniforms of the chic. Like many another Tropezien, Madame Vachon has grown very rich, for in Saint-Tropez no one is seen wearing the same shirt or trousers two days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: This Happy Few | 7/21/1958 | See Source »

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