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Although conservative agents mutter in their tweeds about such practices, many have learned the game. Yet Meredith remains the master auctioneer. For Mystery Writer Evan Hunter, he got a $550,000 advance on two novels and nine "Ed McBain" thrillers; for Irving Shulman (Valentino), $100,000 apiece for his next two books; for Science Fictioneer Arthur C. Clarke, $160,000 for one book; for Whodunit Author Richard Prather (The Kubla Khan Caper), $1.1 million for 20 paperbacks...
...line of men's clothes. To go with wives' "Lilly" summer shifts, Palm Beach Designer Lilly Pulitzer is offering a new collection of "Men's Stuff" that includes flamboyantly printed "P.J.s" (Pulitzer Jeans) and Cuban-style quayabera shirts, worn with the squared-off tails outside. Valentino, who is Jackie Kennedy's favorite Rome designer, last month moved into men's clothing. Milan's expatriate American designer, Ken Scott, is showing lounging pajamas and tunic tops for men in clinging jersey. "For my clothes," Scott admits, "a man needs a lot of guts...
...velvet evening ensembles. "Brown is such a beautiful color for winter," says French Vogue Editor Francoise de Langlade de La Renta. "So warm, so wonderful against a tanned skin." In Rome, after her trip to Cambodia and Thailand, Jacqueline Kennedy promptly placed an order with her favorite Italian designer, Valentino. Her choice: a wool crepe Mao shirt and matching skirt in midi length that reaches down to the middle of her calf, in brown...
Nothing Exaggerated. De La Renta is strictly a wholesale designer (exceptions: his wedding dresses for Anne Ford Uzielli and Minnie Gushing Beard). Among his customers are Babe Paley, the Duchess of Windsor and all the Kennedys except Jackie, whose loyalty is still to Rome's Valentino. Says De La Renta of his dress of the year: "It's very feminine. There is nothing exaggerated about it, and many different types of women can wear...
...them all now," he says proudly. And his customers are just as proud that he does. Would it be all right, he asked Gloria Guinness, the woman whom Women's Wear Daily calls "the ultimate," if he told the press that she was an enthusiastic customer? "Tell them, Valentino," said she, "that I don't like your clothes-I love them...