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With a rustle of rich brocade and a swish of scented silk, Mme. Ngo Dinh Nhu swept into the U.S. last week. She was accompanied by her handsome, 18-year-old daughter, Le Thuy, and preceded by some of the worst press notices since Tokyo Rose. Although not even her bitterest critics would doubt her courage, the petite sister-in-law of South Viet Nam's President Ngo Dinh Diem did have some fears about her 21-day coast-to-coast visit. Going to the U.S., said she, would probably be like walking into "a cage of lions...
...instance: original price of a pure silk dress from Neiman-Marcus, $29.95-Filene's Basement, $6.99 to $5.24 to $3.49 to $1.74 purchase price; child's suit from Saks Fifth Avenue, $5-Filene's Basement, $1.39 to $1.04 to 69? to 34? purchase price...
...half belt in cloth), and are three inches trimmer than a standard size at the knee. Sy recommends leather boots to go with all this. The overall impression is a kind of subdued ostentation, part banker, part bookie, part ivy, part jivy. Everything is lined with paisley silk. Even the lint is lined...
...himself dresses humbly, because a good tailor knows his place. He wears black silk-tweed jackets with silver buttons, and black mohair jeans with white double-stitched frontier pockets. He has always resisted his impulse to drive a $40,000 automobile. He scrapes around in a Lincoln Continental instead, and lives in an unostentatious $250,000 house...
...made a movie in three years, but when Ingrid Bergman, 46, appeared in Rome for the first day's shooting of The Lady's Vengeance, it was clear that time must have a stop. Radiant and regal in a white Bangkok-silk suit, she was playing the richest woman in the world and even celeb-weary Italians were starstruck. Every one cheered delightedly a few days later when Ingrid, her Co-Star Anthony Quinn and Bette Davis-all two-time Oscar winners-were awarded Italy's own palm, the Silver Mask award, for exceptional contributions...