Word: yves
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...since Vatican II and how far they had yet to go. Sponsored by Concilium, a five-year-old international journal of theology edited by some of Catholicism's most progressive thinkers, the congress provided an array of theological superstars including The Netherlands' Edward Schillebeeckx, France's Yves Congar, Germany's Karl Rahner, Hans Küng and Johan Metz. Participants came from 32 countries, including 40 from Asia, Africa and Latin America. Some 700 observers signed up and nearly 200 journalists arrived for the five-day conference. Earnest, grave, mostly business-suited in the now-common...
This crisis behind them, the theologians went briskly to business. Three-a-day speeches, directed toward such topics as the contemporary meaning of the Christian message and the place of the church in society, had begun during the resolutions squabble. Yves Congar spoke of the rise of small, experimental Christian communities, arguing that despite irregularities "they represent something valuable, and must be accepted." Belgian Theologian Antoine Vergote argued for a more relaxed church attitude in promulgating sex ethics, charging that too many potential Catholics are discouraged by moral laws presented as "finished and perfect systems that one must take...
...gold brocade, Fairchild thrived. In 1957, weeks before it was shown to the buyers, he managed to get hold of a sketch of Givenchy's precedent-shattering shift, later to be called "the sack," and ran it on WWD's front page. In 1960, he got advance word of Yves St. Laurent's distinctive new silhouette for the House of Dior, which he maliciously described as looking like "a toothpaste tube on top of a brioche." Soon Fairchild was not only sitting in the front row for new collections, but mixing socially with top designers and buyers as well...
...ignored by WWD, you're in trouble," says Designer Anne Klein. Her collections get coverage, but she complains that WWD favors male designers, such as Oscar de La Renta, Adolfo, Bill Blass (though he was snubbed for a time), Geoffrey Beene and Yves St. Laurent. Adds Miss Klein: "If St. Laurent showed barrels with two holes cut out, I guarantee that Women's Wear would brand it the coming look. It would also note that the stays were made of teak, the nails were of the purest brass and the holes were structurally...
...developments gave the midi something of a push. In his 1968 fall collection, Yves St. Laurent showed "city pants"?pants to wear to work, parties, restaurants and the theater. Fairchild is firmly convinced that pants on women are "gross," but he paid attention when Designer Marc Bohan told him that they would get the women used to the notion of covering up their mini-bared legs. The second event was the 1969 movie The Damned, a period-costumed portrayal of the decadence of 1930s Nazidom. Fairchild loved the long slinky dresses so much that he gave private screenings...