Word: vreeland
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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George S. Kaufman of Broadway saw it. Diana Vreeland of Harper's Bazaar saw it. Director Howard Hawks not only saw it but developed and packaged it for millions of entertainment-starved Americans emerging from the empty frying pans of the Depression into the fires of World...
...everyone buys her. One elder of the beauty biz finds the California look distinctly boring. "There have, always been superstars," says Diana Vreeland, who worked as an editor of Bazaar and then Vogue for four decades. She cites Veruschka, one of her own discoveries, from the '60s, "an artist who did the most extraordinary things with herself." The '60s, Vreeland feels, were more interesting. She considers the naturalism of the present period cloying. "There's too much blowing in the wind. At one time, it was fashionable to be made up and it was not fashionable to have your clothes...
...Vreeland reflects, then says, "A model becomes what today is. And what today is is the inner force of fashion." A pause. "I think there is a certain monotony about the girls of today. It must be planned that...
...Vreeland now finds herself above the battle, and just now the modeling business finds itself involved in an entertaining squabble. It began last summer when Johnny Casablancas, a fast-moving Frenchman who owns the largest model agency in Paris, set up shop in New York, where there are an estimated 800 models at work. Eileen Ford and Wilhelmina, heads of the two largest New York agencies, say that he had assured them that he would not invade. But invade he did, and he also hired Ford's financial controller and two of her top booking agents. Ford retaliated with...
...Diana Vreeland, D.F.A., editor...