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    "ocrText": "The original documents are located in Box 39, folder \"International Best Dressed List\" of\nthe Betty Ford White House Papers, 1973-1977 at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nCopyright Notice\nThe copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of\nphotocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Betty Ford donated to the United States\nof America her copyrights in all of her unpublished writings in National Archives collections.\nWorks prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public\ndomain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to\nremain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid\ncopyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library.\nTHE WHITE HOUSE\nWASHINGTON\nAttached is Eleanser\nLamderts release\non the Intervetional\nBest dressed list.\nI thought you'd\nlike to see it.\n+\nFORO\nShile\nGERALD\nLIBRARY\nFrom: Eleanor Lambert\n32 East 57 Street\nNew York, N. Y. 10022\nFOR RELEASE: ON OR AFTER FRIDAY,\nFEBRUARY 28, 1975\nPresident Valery Giscard d'Estaing of France, England's\nPrince of Wales, and Telly Savalas, TV's \"Kojak,\" met today on\nthe International Best Dressed list.\nThe French President made his second appearance on the list\nof men designated as symbols of modern masculine taste in dress.\nSavalas and Prince Charles are newcomers to the list which com-\nbines a worldwide poll of fashion experts and prominent. people in\nall fields with the findings of a committee of American men's\nfashion editors.\nThe list of best-dressed men of 1974, issued by Eleanor\nLambert, coordinator of the annual polls since they began for\nwomen only in 1940 (enlarging to include men in 1966) adds six men\nto the Best Dressed Hall of Fame, the permanent style status\naccorded to men who have appeared frequently on the annual list.\nThese are:\nHardy Amies, British fashion designer\nBilly Baldwin, New York writer and decorating authority\nMax Evans, fashion editor, Esquire\nKenneth Jay Lane, New York and London, jewelry designer\nChip Tolbert, Fashion Director, Men's Fashion Association\nof America\nVan Day Truex, France and New York, stylist for Tiffany\nand Company\nThe new Best Dressed list of twelve men chosen for their\nsuni\nBERALD\nalumauy\nFrom: Eleanor Lambert, Inc.\n32 East 57 Street\nNew York, N.Y. 10022\nMU 8-2130\nFor Release: On or After Friday,\nFebruary 28, 1975\nBetty Ford and Nancy Kissinger retrieved Washington's\nposition as a fashion-minded world capital today when both made\nthis year's international list of Best-Dressed Women.\nThe list. combining a world-wide poll of fashion designers,\nfashion editors and prominent people in all fields, with the\ndecision of a committee of leading American fashion editors, has\nnot mentioned any high-level American government personalities for\nthe past three years.\nThis year the committee added a special innovation \"in\ncelebration of thirty-five years of the annual Best-Dressed Lists.\"\nInstead of elevating more women to the Best-Dressed Hall of Fame,\nthey named one woman, Mrs. William Paley of New York as \"the\nSuper Dresser of Our Time.\"\n\"Mrs. Paley at all times through the years, has invariably\nworn contemporary, appropriate, becoming and flawlessly tasteful\nclothes,' their statement said.\nMrs. Paley having had permanent status in the Best-Dressed\nHall of Fame for a number of years, has been on the annual best\ndressed lists from their beginning in 1940. She was first cited\nfor her fashion sense when she was Barbara Cushing Mortimer, and\nworking as a fashion editor.\ntonn\nLIDHARY\n-2-\n\"personal yet inspirational way of dressing for modern life, both\nbusiness and leisure,\" in 1974 names:\nPresident Valery Giscard d'Estaing of France\nPrince Charles of Great Britain, Prince of Wales\nGuy Burgos, Chilean-born international socialite,\nnow in New York\nAngelo Donghia, New York interior and textile designer\nFrank Gifford, American sports commentator\nJ. J. Hooker. Nashville Tennessee businessman\nJohnny Miller, American golf champion\nThomas Schippers, American symphony conductor\nTelly Savalas, actor and television star of \"Kojak\"\nSenator John Tunney of California\nYves Vidal, Paris and Tangiers, French businessman\nFred Williamson, film actor-producer\nTwelve men associated with the fashion industry were given\nseparate top 1974 best-dressed rating in the poll. Listed alpha-\nbetically they are:\nGiorgio Armani, Milan, multi-facetted menswear designer\nRobert Bryan, Fashion Editor, Menswear Magazine\nAldo Cipullo, New York jewelry designer\nJames Galanos, California-based fashion designer\nUva Harden, German-born fashion model, now going into the movies\nJose Maldonado, Puerto-Rican-born writer on men's fashion\nNando Miglio, Milan, fashion editor for Vogue\nOttavio Missoni, Milan, knitwear designer\nFORD\nAnthony Thomas Nutter, London fashion designer\n4\nYves Saint Laurent, Paris designer\nMERALO\nLIBRARY\nRobert Sakowitz, Houston store executive\nJoel Schumacher, Hollywood film designer\n-2-\nThe new international Best-Dressed list issued by\nEleanor Lambert, its coordinator, names in alphabetical order\ntwelve women who in 1974 represented \"outstanding current taste\nand personal style without extravagance or ostentation:\nMrs. William F. Buckley Jr., New York, wife of the political\ncolumnist and commentator\nMme. Bernard Camu, Belgian-born wife of the international\nbanker\nPrincess Caroline of Monaco, daughter of perennially\nbest-dressed Princess Grace\nMme. Francois Catroux, Paris, wife of the interior designer\nBaroness Arnaud de Rosnay, Paris, former Isabelle Goldsmith,\ngranddaughter of Antenor Patino\nSenora Gabriel Echevarria, Bogota Columbia, former Pilar\nCrespi of Rome\nMrs. Gerald Ford\nMrs. Kay Graham, Washington publisher\nMrs. Henry Kissinger\nMrs. Harding Lawrence (Mary Wells), New York advertising\nexecutive\nMrs. Frederick Melhado, New York socialite\nMrs. Jan (Lally) Weymouth, New York writer and daughter\nof Kay Graham\nTwelve women involved professionally or by family ties\nwith the fashion business were designated on a separate\nalphabetical list. They are:\nCarrie Donovan, Senior Fashion Editor, Harper's Bazaar\nPrincess Diane von Furstenberg, New York designer\nMary McFadden, New York designer\nMarchesa Catherine de Montezemolo, Milan, associated with\na knitwear organization.\nFORD\nBERALD\nLIBUARY\n-3-\nGrace Mirabella (Mrs. William Cahan), Editor-in-Chief, Vogue\nMrs. David Neusteter, wife of Denver department store\nexecutive\nMme. Jacques Rouet, Paris, wife of Christian Dior executive\nMary Russell, London, fashion reporter for Vogue in Europe\nMrs. Robert Sakowitz, Houston, Texas, associted with the\nSakowitz stores\nMarina Schiano, representative of Yves Saint Laurent in\nAmerica\nAudrey Smaltz, fashion editor, Ebony Magazine\nBaroness Hubert (Lerna) de Wangen, American, rerresentative\nfor Christian Dior and the former Lorna Hyde\nThe committee specified both Mrs. Ford and Mrs. Kissinger as\nhaving \"given new impetus and inspiration to both elegant and average\nwomen throughout the world through their interest in dressing well yet\nnever overdressing.\" And added, \"They are typical of the new fashion\ntrendsetters.\"\nMrs. Timothee N'Guetta Ahoua, wife of the Ivory Coast\nambassador to the United States, gained many votes from Americans,\nincluding: the committee, although she did not achieve the top twelve.\nMrs. Rupert Hambro of London, Mrs. Anne Uzielli of New York, Baroness\nVittoria de Nora of Milan and New York, Mrs. Ahmed Benhima of Rabat\nBarbara Walters,\nMorocco, Countess Brando Brandolini of Venice, Lena \"orne, 1 Sra. Gianluigi\nGabetti of Italy and Mrs. Oscar Wyatt Jr. of Houston, Texas were also\nnear runners-up on the list.\nThe committee mentioned as a \"sign that personal style is\nfrequently inherited\" the number of daughters of notably well-dressed\nmothers who appear on this year's list. Betty Catroux is the daughter\nFORD\nBERALDR\n-4-\na noted elegante.\nof Mme. Carmen Sainte of Paris, Mrs. Melhado's mother, the late\nMrs. Joseph Tankoos, was celebrated for her taste, Senora Echevarria\nis the daughter of Best-Dressed Hall of Fame member Countess Consuelo\nand\nCrespi Mrs. Weymouth's mother Kay Graham has often appeared on\nthe best-dressed list, as has Princess Grace of Monaco.\nPrincip Carolines mother,\nFORD & 077538 tionary"
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