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...Fucigina (P). 5:17.81 100 Butterfly--1 Maximo (P).59.40:2 Walsh (P), 59.67:3. Wilson (H) 1:00.17. Three-Meter Diving--1. Tones (P)269.45:2. Clark (P). 248.70:3. Goldberg (H), 248.35. 200 Individual Medlay--1. Molese (P), 2:16.28:2. Rival (H). 2:17.27:3 Valentino (P), 2:17.33 200 Freestyle Relay--1 Harvard (Girrillo, Black, Calvert, Smith), 1:42.11: Penn State (Siegel, Leeshock, Post. Johnson...
...Hollywood Boulevard, then a dusty lane, where lines of limousines deposited their elegant passengers. As the silent movie era gave way to the talkies, and Hollywood's business and glamour grew proportionately, the residences of its stars became more lavish too. There was the Hollywood Hotel, where Rudolph Valentino married Actress Jean Acker and spent his honeymoon. The Garden of Allah, which opened with an 18-hour party, was a haven for writers including F. Scott Fitzgerald, Robert Benchley and Dorothy Parker...
...show business and too little fashion business," says Armani, 47, who preferred to present his collection to small groups of buyers. News that drifted out from these private sessions-plus the resplendent showing of a line of suedes and leathers in high-noon colors that Armani designed for Mario Valentino-was sufficient proof that he was still secure atop Stutz's Alps. His absence from the collections-the very term weighty with a self-seriousness completely at variance with Armani's stylings-rebounded loudly and probably widely, at least to Paris, where the French are strutting their stuff...
...different, looser." Adds Milan's Giorgio Armani: "The new miniskirt is not stiff and straight but soft, fitted at the hips and gathered for a short volume effect. It is also a natural evolution toward femininity after the dizzying circus of pants, knickers, Bermudas, gauchos and Zouaves." Valentino, the dean of Italian designers, argues that "women feel the need for greater liberty. They want to seduce and flirt. The new short skirts are wide and swing as you walk-it's hide and seek." U.S. Designer Perry Ellis, who has been showing short skirts for three years, notes...
Leather also lends itself to fine detailing. Armani's creations for Italy's Mario Valentino print, stripe and weave leather to resurrect a rich Renaissance look. Bill Blass also uses a weave effect on some blouses, and Ralph Lauren has put ruffles on suede in delicate peasant blouses. Says he: "Feathery-light blouses that once were made of cotton can now be done in suede. And it can mix with anything-silk, a sweater, tweeds, linen or cotton." The new leather, made ideally from the South African hair sheep, comes in starbursts of colors: fire-engine...