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The original documents are located in Box 39, folder "International Best Dressed List" of
the Betty Ford White House Papers, 1973-1977 at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.
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THE WHITE HOUSE
WASHINGTON
Attached is Eleanser
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Best dressed list.
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From: Eleanor Lambert
32 East 57 Street
New York, N. Y. 10022
FOR RELEASE: ON OR AFTER FRIDAY,
FEBRUARY 28, 1975
President Valery Giscard d'Estaing of France, England's
Prince of Wales, and Telly Savalas, TV's "Kojak," met today on
the International Best Dressed list.
The French President made his second appearance on the list
of men designated as symbols of modern masculine taste in dress.
Savalas and Prince Charles are newcomers to the list which com-
bines a worldwide poll of fashion experts and prominent. people in
all fields with the findings of a committee of American men's
fashion editors.
The list of best-dressed men of 1974, issued by Eleanor
Lambert, coordinator of the annual polls since they began for
women only in 1940 (enlarging to include men in 1966) adds six men
to the Best Dressed Hall of Fame, the permanent style status
accorded to men who have appeared frequently on the annual list.
These are:
Hardy Amies, British fashion designer
Billy Baldwin, New York writer and decorating authority
Max Evans, fashion editor, Esquire
Kenneth Jay Lane, New York and London, jewelry designer
Chip Tolbert, Fashion Director, Men's Fashion Association
of America
Van Day Truex, France and New York, stylist for Tiffany
and Company
The new Best Dressed list of twelve men chosen for their
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From: Eleanor Lambert, Inc.
32 East 57 Street
New York, N.Y. 10022
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For Release: On or After Friday,
February 28, 1975
Betty Ford and Nancy Kissinger retrieved Washington's
position as a fashion-minded world capital today when both made
this year's international list of Best-Dressed Women.
The list. combining a world-wide poll of fashion designers,
fashion editors and prominent people in all fields, with the
decision of a committee of leading American fashion editors, has
not mentioned any high-level American government personalities for
the past three years.
This year the committee added a special innovation "in
celebration of thirty-five years of the annual Best-Dressed Lists."
Instead of elevating more women to the Best-Dressed Hall of Fame,
they named one woman, Mrs. William Paley of New York as "the
Super Dresser of Our Time."
"Mrs. Paley at all times through the years, has invariably
worn contemporary, appropriate, becoming and flawlessly tasteful
clothes,' their statement said.
Mrs. Paley having had permanent status in the Best-Dressed
Hall of Fame for a number of years, has been on the annual best
dressed lists from their beginning in 1940. She was first cited
for her fashion sense when she was Barbara Cushing Mortimer, and
working as a fashion editor.
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"personal yet inspirational way of dressing for modern life, both
business and leisure," in 1974 names:
President Valery Giscard d'Estaing of France
Prince Charles of Great Britain, Prince of Wales
Guy Burgos, Chilean-born international socialite,
now in New York
Angelo Donghia, New York interior and textile designer
Frank Gifford, American sports commentator
J. J. Hooker. Nashville Tennessee businessman
Johnny Miller, American golf champion
Thomas Schippers, American symphony conductor
Telly Savalas, actor and television star of "Kojak"
Senator John Tunney of California
Yves Vidal, Paris and Tangiers, French businessman
Fred Williamson, film actor-producer
Twelve men associated with the fashion industry were given
separate top 1974 best-dressed rating in the poll. Listed alpha-
betically they are:
Giorgio Armani, Milan, multi-facetted menswear designer
Robert Bryan, Fashion Editor, Menswear Magazine
Aldo Cipullo, New York jewelry designer
James Galanos, California-based fashion designer
Uva Harden, German-born fashion model, now going into the movies
Jose Maldonado, Puerto-Rican-born writer on men's fashion
Nando Miglio, Milan, fashion editor for Vogue
Ottavio Missoni, Milan, knitwear designer
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Anthony Thomas Nutter, London fashion designer
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Yves Saint Laurent, Paris designer
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Robert Sakowitz, Houston store executive
Joel Schumacher, Hollywood film designer
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The new international Best-Dressed list issued by
Eleanor Lambert, its coordinator, names in alphabetical order
twelve women who in 1974 represented "outstanding current taste
and personal style without extravagance or ostentation:
Mrs. William F. Buckley Jr., New York, wife of the political
columnist and commentator
Mme. Bernard Camu, Belgian-born wife of the international
banker
Princess Caroline of Monaco, daughter of perennially
best-dressed Princess Grace
Mme. Francois Catroux, Paris, wife of the interior designer
Baroness Arnaud de Rosnay, Paris, former Isabelle Goldsmith,
granddaughter of Antenor Patino
Senora Gabriel Echevarria, Bogota Columbia, former Pilar
Crespi of Rome
Mrs. Gerald Ford
Mrs. Kay Graham, Washington publisher
Mrs. Henry Kissinger
Mrs. Harding Lawrence (Mary Wells), New York advertising
executive
Mrs. Frederick Melhado, New York socialite
Mrs. Jan (Lally) Weymouth, New York writer and daughter
of Kay Graham
Twelve women involved professionally or by family ties
with the fashion business were designated on a separate
alphabetical list. They are:
Carrie Donovan, Senior Fashion Editor, Harper's Bazaar
Princess Diane von Furstenberg, New York designer
Mary McFadden, New York designer
Marchesa Catherine de Montezemolo, Milan, associated with
a knitwear organization.
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Grace Mirabella (Mrs. William Cahan), Editor-in-Chief, Vogue
Mrs. David Neusteter, wife of Denver department store
executive
Mme. Jacques Rouet, Paris, wife of Christian Dior executive
Mary Russell, London, fashion reporter for Vogue in Europe
Mrs. Robert Sakowitz, Houston, Texas, associted with the
Sakowitz stores
Marina Schiano, representative of Yves Saint Laurent in
America
Audrey Smaltz, fashion editor, Ebony Magazine
Baroness Hubert (Lerna) de Wangen, American, rerresentative
for Christian Dior and the former Lorna Hyde
The committee specified both Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Kissinger as
having "given new impetus and inspiration to both elegant and average
women throughout the world through their interest in dressing well yet
never overdressing." And added, "They are typical of the new fashion
trendsetters."
Mrs. Timothee N'Guetta Ahoua, wife of the Ivory Coast
ambassador to the United States, gained many votes from Americans,
including: the committee, although she did not achieve the top twelve.
Mrs. Rupert Hambro of London, Mrs. Anne Uzielli of New York, Baroness
Vittoria de Nora of Milan and New York, Mrs. Ahmed Benhima of Rabat
Barbara Walters,
Morocco, Countess Brando Brandolini of Venice, Lena "orne, 1 Sra. Gianluigi
Gabetti of Italy and Mrs. Oscar Wyatt Jr. of Houston, Texas were also
near runners-up on the list.
The committee mentioned as a "sign that personal style is
frequently inherited" the number of daughters of notably well-dressed
mothers who appear on this year's list. Betty Catroux is the daughter
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a noted elegante.
of Mme. Carmen Sainte of Paris, Mrs. Melhado's mother, the late
Mrs. Joseph Tankoos, was celebrated for her taste, Senora Echevarria
is the daughter of Best-Dressed Hall of Fame member Countess Consuelo
and
Crespi Mrs. Weymouth's mother Kay Graham has often appeared on
the best-dressed list, as has Princess Grace of Monaco.
Princip Carolines mother,
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