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...crisis had seemed resolved the week before, when it was decided that White House Barber Milton Pitts would work alone in a basement shop in the West Wing, while White House Hair Stylists Yves and Nancy Graux would move to a new salon (to be refurbished at a cost of $9,000) in the Old Executive Office Building. Now those salon plans have been scrapped, and the Grauxes dismissed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Snip, Snip | 8/2/1982 | See Source »

Barber Milton Pitts returned to snip White House personnel on Tuesdays and Thursdays (Reagan gets clipped alone every two weeks), while Beauticians Yves and Nancy Graux coiffed on Wednesdays and Fridays. Unfortunately, this arrangement left everyone with emotional split ends. Beauticians and barber feuded over customers' chairs; maintenance workers had to move a different one into position each day. Against the Grauxes' wishes, Pitts had the shampooing sink lowered two whole inches. The Grauxes, meanwhile, suspected Pitts of watering down their shampoo and demanded better locks for their cabinets. That was all the snipping the White House could...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Getting a White House Trim | 7/26/1982 | See Source »

...young dark-haired native has been in charge since the place first opened. Speaking as he meticulously cleans the glass counters he explains that he first entered the vending business in high school, working the aisles inside the park. Now, shunning his own wares for a light purple Yves Saint-Laurent shirt and designer jeans. Picardi explains that he's "not a wild fan." He quickly adds that. "I hope the best for the Red Sox, but I watch very, very few games. I guess when you're around it so much, it kind of loses its attraction...

Author: By Jacob M. Schlesinger, | Title: Picking Up the Pieces | 6/25/1982 | See Source »

Pierre Bergé, partner and protector of Yves Saint Laurent, peeks over the battlements at the enemy force below and, as if panicking, fires off a salvo before he has found his aim. "Give me one piece of clothing, one fashion statement that Armani has made that has truly influenced the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Giorgio Armani: Suiting Up For Easy Street | 4/5/1982 | See Source »

...Defense--Yves Robitaille, Mine...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Fusco the Irishman and Other Stars | 2/12/1982 | See Source »

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