Word: yves
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...friend drops in, burbling with enthusiasm about her new job. "I'm off to the airport to pick up the ambassador from Bojo ... and then I have to cram myself into a press conference... and then I have to drag the ambassador's idiotic wife over to Yves Saint Laurent... but a girl's gotta eat. By the way, I'm off to Iran next week, so if you want a carpet just let me know ... And what about you? You've really decided not to go back to work? Well, everybody's gotta...
Apart from the photo-grabbing folderol, the top designers-led as usual by Yves St. Laurent-came through with clothes that are both salable and wearable. Trends...
...Yves St. Laurent...
...expected, Yves Saint Laurent and Christian Dior's Marc Bohan shared center stage in presenting haute couture to the class of '78. Their message was wel come to those grown weary of gypsy dresses and the theatrical costuming that has flavored European fashion for the past three seasons. The feminine form is back, in clothes that are clean-lined, uncluttered, soft and supple. Today's couture, said Bohan, "is a return to simplicity...
...difficult task was accomplished well and with considerable sensitivity. There are many workers in America, Britain, France, Africa, Asia and other places who were not mentioned in the story, and I would not wish them to believe that they were forgotten. As one of the leading French anthropologists, Yves Coppens, said to me, "It is a pity we could not all be mentioned, but it is enough that the subject we are a part of has warranted the status of a TIME cover...