The earliest indication that a milliner by the name of Roy Halston Frowick would go on to become one of America’s greatest designers was in 1961, when Jackie Kennedy wore one of his pillbox hats to her husband John F. Photo: Robin Platzer / IMAGES / Getty Images HALSTON Liza Minnelli with designer Halston circa 1982 in New York City. Armani, suits today can be languid yet evoke power.ģ. For female suitings, he did the same thing, making it fluid and softening the shoulders, essentially taking away the sharp edges of power dressing. Rather than an imposing rigid jacket, he made the garment drape softly along the body. He was the first designer to literally take the stuffiness and stiffness out of men’s jackets with the removal of the lining and introduction of innovative fabrics.
The Armani label got a huge boost in North America when Richard Gere wore his clothes in the 1980 movie American Gigolo. The brand would be featured in over 100 movies and television shows, including The Untouchables and Miami Vice. During the 80s, the Armani label was a favourite of Hollywood power brokers and would become a symbol of success.īut it was his re-invention of men’s suiting which resonated beyond the silver screen and the red carpets to infiltrate even the wardrobes of the Everyday Man with something called the Unstructured Suit. Not bad for someone who started his fashion career as a window dresser for an Italian department store. Today, his net worth is more than US$8 billion.
The 86-year-old designer continues to oversee nearly every aspect of the vast empire he created over four decades ago, which now includes hotels, restaurants and home furnishings. GIORGIO ARMANI Fashion designer Giorgio Armani walks the runway during the Giorgio Armani Prive Haute Couture Fall Winter 2018/2019 show as part of Paris Fashion Week.
Today, le smoking is a classic - and a veritable sartorial workhorse in many a woman’s wardrobe.Ģ. It would pave the way for his pantsuits just as women were entering corporate culture and ready for power dressing. Not only was it androgynous, but also sexy and powerful. In 1966, he introduced Le Smoking - a tuxedo look for women. Video produced for the NY Post by Elettra Fiumi and Lea Khayata of Granny Cart Productions.But there was one look he designed - which proved shocking at the time - that not only revolutionized the way women dressed but also signalled sweeping social change. “I’m just as vibrant emotionally, intellectually, sexually as I was in my 20s and 30s,” Forest said. Now with years of experience under her belt, she’s hoping she can find a suitable partner who shares her zest for life. If I had fooled around before marriage, I would have known not to marry him,” Forest told Lilith in March. She was married soon after graduating from Middlebury College, where she was the only Jewish student, and stayed with her husband for four years.
“I sometimes go out in the evenings, to a bar or a local place, where you sit around and talk,” she said.įorest, who can sing in nine different languages, has traveled the world performing music, comedy and one-woman shows.
She always puts on makeup and wears a distinctive hat so that she looks her best. “It’s rough and I would love to have sex,” said Forest, adding, “I’m not giving up hope.”įorest says she plans to go to meetups so that she can meet new people who share her interests. They don’t think a woman is equal,” Forest told The Post, adding that it’s younger men who excite her.įorest feels as though she connects more with younger men and loves conversing with them but feels as though she’s too old to attract them. “The older men my age don’t really interest me. With song lyrics like, “I like a schlong that’s hard, or a snatch that’s ginger,” Forest isn’t coy about making her wants known. And I think it’s because they’re bored to death!” Forest said. “My friends who sit home with their old husbands or whatever, and watch television, they don’t want sex anymore. The performer, who identifies as bisexual, sings about checking out the boys and girls on Tinder and says her desire to date is greater than ever. “It ain’t over ’til the fat lady’s dead,” Forest told The Post with a chuckle. An 82-year-old singer-songwriter from New York City is looking for a good time.ĭ’yan Forest says that while many of her friends have given up on sex, she’ll never stop craving intimacy.