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...cheekbones can subtract years from a woman's face." Also, he notes, it can be styled in minutes with a blow dryer: "I think women are tired of having to fuss with their hair-of brushing and spraying and curling." To Fashion Designer Rudi Gernreich, the wedge is simply part of the new concept in dressing. Says he: "American women are beginning to be clean again, getting rid of the clutter." Some of the converts to the uncluttered coif: Dancer and Choreographer Twyla Tharp, Actresses Carol Burnett and Mackenzie Phillips, and Sheila Weidenfeld, Betty Ford's press secretary...
...topless swimsuits have become ancient history, and the thong never really caught on. So Designer Rudi Gernreich has come up with a new entry in the field of frivolous fashion: boxer shorts for women. Says he: "You can jog in them, sleep in them, wear them around the house, around the pool or over a bare swimsuit" These modified B.V.D.s will appear in stores throughout the U.S. by March and will sell for $5 to $7. The men's garters, he quickly adds, are not included...
...Angela sent a 9-ft. hand-painted silk banner worth (he said) $20,000. The occasion: a "Fashion as Fantasy" exhibit held in Manhattan to raise money for Fountain House, a New York psychiatric rehabilitation center. Five hundred guests paid $50 each to attend. Topless Swimsuit Creator Rudi Gernreich offered two models decked out in bicycle parts. "In a machine age, people are drawn to machinery," explained Rudi, "and it is sensuous and sexy." Chacun a son gout...
...abbreviated Bloomingdale's catalogues offering 29 selections that can be ordered by mail from the store's "Christmas in New York Collection." Among them: a "Wonder Wok" for $28, Aramis "executive" soaps for "your favorite male chauvinist," an electronic calculator in a silver Tiffany case for $150 and Rudi Gernreich-styled underwear...
Koenig and his crew wear inter changeable unisex gear designed by Rudi Gernreich. The stars are Martin Landau and Barbara Bain, the hit team of Mission: Impossible. There is even the nucleus of an audience ready for Space: the Trekkies who have been homeless since 1969, when Star Trek went off the air. Dedicated cultists, they have made do with reruns, conventions and newsletters as they wait for big-time sci fi to come back to the small screen...