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Within the spectrum of comedy, Troilus offers much latitude. From this production there emerges a satirical approach, which, though not quite consistently applied, is eminently workable. Carrie Nye's Cressida, first in a lovely gray gown with salmon stole and parasol and later in sultry red velvet, is a southern belle-wether of wantonness (I half expected to hear the Duke of Mantua singing "La donna e mobile" in the wings). And Hiram Sherman brings the suave relish of a Kentucky colonel to the role of Pandarus...
...encrusted chiffon, sumptuous embroidery and lacy swansdown, and involves moonlight only as an adjective for blue and roses only if they bloom on fabrics instead of bushes. Fur and crocheted collars are conspicuous, as are capes: Eleanora Garnett smocks them for daytime, Fontana cuts them in satin and velvet for evening, Faraoni makes sleeves of them for narrow dresses. Romantic, richly worked evening gowns slink to floor length, Gattinoni's narrow satin gowns come with heavily beaded apron fronts, and Top Designer Micol Fontana offers a blue velvet ball gown with gold embroidery spilling over the skirt. Fontana, whose...
Filene's is lampooning the Lampoon this week by making an advertising gimmick of the magazine's spoof of advertising in its July Mademoiselle parody. Mannequins in death throes are advertising "clothes to be caught dead in"; others wear velvet straps, clam boots and pigeons pinned to the hems in order to deal with "problem knees"; and still others, struck by the "collectors rage," dip into bushels of mice and ensnare themselves in scotch tape and telephone wires...
...first woman to occupy that distinguished position, with velvet-gloved but irrefragable finesse...
After that, there is the colonnaded "Touch of Genius Poinpeiian Plaza.'' containing a long pool with floating flowers for foot-soaking purposes (the water is "antisepticized"). The room is also fitted with alcoves where the customer can stretch out on a red velvet chaise for a pedicure ($6.50) and the hour-long Touch of Genius manicure ($5,), while perfume spumes from the pool, music from the soft-speakers, and water from an ornate fountain. She can have her lunch brought in while all this is going on. but only women who are particularly adept can eat during...