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/' ?t ------.....-----=------~' I .$ I !19J¥t f -.-. Betty on,.· rhCr:Boolc ' ... SHE DOESN'T HEM .& HAW AT PARSONS AWARD GALA By ANNA QUINDLEN celVtng lier J>rlze-a rril.ru&ture sterling, s1l The program read like a list of the finest. ver 'reJ)lica of .the Parsons table-the·,Firs' labels Seventh Avenue haste offer: Donald l:ady fielded questlone 11.bout. excerpts 'fton their new bOok, which portrays f~rme Brooks; Albert Caj>raro, Ka5~r. Calvin Klein, Shannon Rodgen, Chestel' Weinberg, . President Nixon u a'distraught ·and drlnl! Ing heavily' during his last months in offlC• Betty Ford- ~ ·.,.. ":il:J:'!t<.~ • ....- ; · ._ .:. - -. ."-- • • "I really feel very badly to ~ UJ,E Betty Ford? things that are past and are gone -are con "I never dreamed .•.• when I was work· lng out in a 'book that is • • • " · She pause< ing piany years ago on 8eventh ..\venue as then continued in a ha.rely audible vole a model," said the First ,Lady~ ~'that J woul~ "I believe it will be considered ficti~~ have the opportunity to be· standing h¢re to· "I feel a great . di,!~ of sympatlay f night.'' She was in the company of the Pat Nixon," . she ·added. And · what h: designers of Americ'an coutUl'e last _night Gerald_Ford thought.of reports in the bo< because she can still promote a dress just "The Fhial l:>ay9;'' that Nixon did not W1! by wearing It ~ so was chosen to·receive to j,».me hlin Vice Presl4~nt? the Parsons School ol Design award~ Again her voice was low. "He did Wearing a salmon pink Luis Estevez: lmow tt until the·.bciok came out," she sa evenklg gown with glitter at the neck, wrlstt adding that the Fords and the Nixons ha and waist, Mrs. Ford was halied for her always., been "good friends." promotion of the Amedcan fashion ind~. . j,. ~ · Ford flnally relaxed when asl culture fo whether she· would object to a simll11r hf b~QCe r e;-1..· C.<»J~inued on Page "· ,-_: .••

Continued from Pag" 5 .... ,~ . ~~1 about her lite in the Whit House "Oh,, h e stude~'tsr~ alumni ~ I wow~· , s e laughed, "I tor outstan~ were honored '"'f a • t want anyone to do Th ·. gwork. book about me at all." auOp - The biggest hanct. ot th evening came aft u . e when ?tr F er. '"'e ahow, th rs. - 0r!l approached e P<>dium in th "l:ft • Grand Ball e nJlton's stn.1ns ot ~ to HJ-.e Beautiful Gir1 'The ~ o ~.-t and a st.. ~->•- in Ute World" Sh ._.1UU1g ovatJon. e accepted th from H , e award of. the ::;/.oeb, _chairman the New Sebo! trUstees at ·parent fnstftutJool, ParSOl!ls' fn hi.! introd on, who saJd. w Uctfon "Th · ~Shnoho~r choiceJ• ere . e '18 COnscJ her own tastetuJ ously made Clothes from tb choices ot Amen - ose created by can de.signers ot them proud Par -some ni," Loeb added. sons alum. . Mrs; Ford safd the award tn recefV!ng . "buyfng trfpilad~ her think ot When I o New York dlnator !o~a= ~ashJon coor­ department to rand Rapfds too-short s re, and those years when I 1· fn this great city,, ived To more ap la • eluded "Amp use, she conl • er1 can are fantast· clothes versatile tb le-they are and th ' ey are Pt'acticaJ ey are expressive.,, ' ...'~ Lfllll'H fl SH Are Dre-.al1~e1 _ -- . ~ Amonc,thoae pr~ at~ Luara .~-~ BilctYlAAd s• ~ lle•c•n, l1ie acent, bo&h w..,.r tbe •cit• ~ > ;Rhodes ; di-ea..- -\!.' That waa a signt to see. Veronique (Mrs. Gregory(Peek was in still _· ~ '- anothe.r Zandra Rhodes. Marlo Thomas ca.me wi-th David Gef,fen, the · _ '- , record \yeoon. Diane von Furstenberg came with Barry Ditl,er. Joan ~ .Collirus came with Ro11 Kass because she's .married to him, Audrey Hepburn came with Dr. Andr~ Dotti because lik~s~no DN&tter what you hear or what interesting pictures you ~ in ·th!! London """'- papers. Clay Felker, the New York publisher, was the~e and Gene , . ·J Kelly and Audrey and-Billy Wilder, Joann& and Johnny Ca~on, Roz ' ~Russell,_ Suzanne and Mark Goodson, Mary_ Margare and - Jack Valenti, Judy and Bill Green from New York, Portland Mason, Carol Xane of the "Hester Street'' Kanes and so on into the night. They all stayed until 2. An autograph hunter would have' freaked, a,.o... rt-­ Betty Ford reminisced about her days •• aSeventh Ave. _model and her stint as fashion director of a Grand Rapida s~ore -at the ashion Critics Award Sho" honoring her at the New York ~ton. · Mrs. For~ in a pink-crepe Luis Eatevez, at with the Henri 'Loehlt (he's chairman of board of Parsons) and August' Heckscher (he's chairman of the board of ovetseera). At Alb~rt Capraro's table (~'s Betty Ford's favorite de!ligner) were such as Luciana Avedon in~ green chiffon by Albe~ Caprai:o, Polly Bergen in a black chiffon by Albert ~praro, ()atberine-Gl2bl· ness in black crepe, Delfina Rattazzi in an a21alea print .(S'he ~ --. of ·the queens of·the Azalea Festival along wHlh Susan Ford) and Diana Vreeland who had shown Mrs. Ford •ll around the :Metro­ politan Museum tha.t afternoon and was so tired that her Clhic little pink .tongue was hanging out, • Lexington Ball Down tire Stretch This year's Lexington Ball on Apn1 22 will -be' held In the Lions .Circle at Spendthrift Farm, Leslie Combs' far-flunc breeding establishment, the biggest of its kind in the country - let alone Kentucky. Col. and Mn. Cloyce Tippett are the honorary chairmen. Mrs. Tis, of course, the former Liz Whitney, legendary llorsewom· an, improyer of the breed and what have you ••. Walter Florell, who used to make those perky hats for rich ladies, is havinc an e:1hibition of his recent paintings at the Bodley, Gallery beginning April 6. - - Mrs. Bop ~Dolores) Hope is this year's USO's Woman of ,the Year and will be duly honoroo at a gala luncheon in the Grilnd. Ballroom of the Plaza on l\lay _13. They're giving her "a magnifi- 3ent diamond award" (the lunch is traditionally known as "The Diamond Affair") and Bob might pop in to see her pick it up. The honorary chairmen are Vice President and Mrs. Nelson Rockefeller. and Mrs. Harvey S. Firestone Jr. Mrs,. Herbert Brownell is chair­ man and Mrs. Andrew McBurney is chairman of the USO Women's lliviaion. Mrs. Nelson Rockefelle also will be -the honored guest at the Girl Scout dinner at the Waldorf on April 12. saluting Mary Wells Lawrence, the brilliant advertising head of Wells, Rich, Greene Jnc. ud David Mahoney, the dynamic chairman of Nerton Sinwn !De.i Gustave L~y, the financial. brain, is dinner chairman. It will all ~t the Girl Scout Council of Greater New Yer • _ "" ~'l-~

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r .••'" .1 ~ • . . ~ EVE@ VIEW . ' ' ...... ·:~~ttt;.., .... ,-.~~- Parsons 10.~:ptffsons ...... : • ,• • • • w .. ...~~ ~<;· .·~ .. ;~,· :- ·N .;t:t~t;;::::~~~~0c~~'=i~~: fei,:rjng io ~he Parsons School of Design's guest of honor jlt Monday ni~t's show ~d dinner­ dance. While most of the guests were impressed with Fprd's ;i\V,arm charisma. Peggy Butler, t.· ·. Anne Klein's ·~house model". thought .this was the Elrst Lady- she could finally rel~te ·to.f'be· cause.we both graduated.tl'Qm.tbt-Jobn Robert ' ., • "°") rowers Modeling School.,. '. ;- . ' . . I · Donald Srooks. wasa-nn.1a:~l&S.and al.. ' 1 ·! : ·_:.::\ most walked off the stage witiio'ut presenting his 191...... '.'A;ward,~ •. . . Ing the fashion shOw. "kl4. . . Rubinstein -Of Anne Klein kept a scorecard of ~tentlal destgn~ ers for the Anne Klein Studio. While most of those vtewlag.. the students' fashion show. were enthuslasUc about the future· crot> of deslgners, some felt t)le .clothes were too safe and ,..predictable, Bonw'Jt's Lyd•a Sharanevych admitted; "The c~otbes we~.e clw~ ~'f,' slcally beautiful - but::IJtad·boped (ci se~·mote~*'· lmagihatlon and fantasy ,,. " . 1 Then at 10 o'cloclr. -.hoping to find more fantasy - the movie buffs. ot the fashion In· duatcy slipped away to attend Academy Awards partles.->

~~~~-~~. . ..!fF'.~ED. _ PARSONS SCHOOL OP DESIGN 66 FIFTH AVENUE NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10011 212/741-5667 AFFILIATED WITH NEWS RELEASE Howard L. Levine, Director of Public Relations THE NEW SCHOOL Barbara Grimaldi, Assistant Director

PARSONS 1976 FASHION CRITICS AWARDS SHOW AND DINNER:

Events press may cover --

1) Photo session - starting at 6 p.m., Rendezvous Trianon Room, Grand Ballroom level -- see attached photo script.

2) Fashion Show, which will introduce the prizewinning fashion collection

created by Parsons students, will begin at 7 p.m. and end at approximately 8 p.m. in the Grand Ballroom. You may cover this event from the Grand Ballroom balcony only. Please use stairway to reach the balcony level from Grand Ballroom level.

3) Award eresentatlons - will begin at approximately 8 p.m. In Grand Ballroom. Parsons fashion design students will receive their awards first from leading fashion designers who have served as critics at Parsons this year. Hrs. ford will then receive the Parsons Award (for her strong encouragement and suppart of the American fashion industry}. This segment of the program Is expected to end at approximately 8:30 p.m.

I # H New School for Social Research 66 WEST 12TH STREET. NEW YORK, NY 10011 HOWARD L. LEVINE, DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC INFORMATION 741-5667 (HOME 914-478-1461) BARBARA GRIMALDI, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR 741-5668 (HOME 679-8831)

PHOTO CAPTIONS·- PARSONS AWARD TO HRS. GERALD R. FORD, New York Hilton Hotel, March 29, 1976

The photographic set-ups will be arranged in order as below. Full captions, left to right, are listed below. If there are any changes, they will be announced to you. If there are any questions please ask for Barbara Grimaldi or Howard Levine, of the Parsons Public Relations Staff, or Patty Matson, of the White House Public Relations Staff. 1. LOEB/MRS. FORD/EVERETT -- Mr. Loeb presenting Parsons Award to Hrs. r..::

(Henry A. Loeb, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Parsons School cf

Design; Mrs. Ford; Dr. John R. Everett, President of Parsons School cf Design)

2. HOLLINGSWORTH/LOEB/MRS. FORD/EVERETT -- Mr. Loeb presenting Parsons Aw3rJ to Mrs. Ford

(Michelle Hollingsworth of Altus, Okla., Parsons Fashion Design senior

who will receive the "Student Designer of the Year" Award for design

excellence in tonight's show; Henry A. Loeb, Chairman, Board of Trustc:·:;,

Parsons School of Design; Mrs. Ford; Dr. John R. Everett, President, r::·:~:-::;

School of Design)

3. ZIMMERMAN/LOEB/MRS. FORO/EVERETT/HECKSCHER -- Mr. Loeb presenting Parsons nward to Mrs. Ford

(Sanford J. Zimmerman, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer,

Abraham & Straus, Brooklyn, Chairman of the Parsons DI nner; Henry A. Lc::i1, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Parsons School of Design; Hrs. Ford; Dr. John R. Everett, President, Parsons School of Design) ~. LEVY/ZIMMERMAN/LOEB/MRS. FORO/EVER£TT/NEWHOUSE/HECKSCHER -- Mr. Loeb presenting Parsons Award to Mrs. Ford

(David R. levy, Dean, Parsons School of Design; Sanford J. Zimmerman, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Abraham & Straus, Brooklyn, Chairman of Parsons Dinner; Henry A. Loeb, Chairman, Board of Trustees, Parsons School of Design; Mrs. Ford; Dr. John R. Everett, President, Parsons

School of Design; Mrs. Samuel I. Newhouse, Chairman, Special Reception Committee; August Heckscher, Chairman, Board of Overseers, Parsons School of Design}

5. ZIMMERMAN/MRS. FORD/NEWHOUSE

(Sanford J. Zimmerman, Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer, Abraham & Straus, Brooklyn, Chairman of the Parsons Dinner; Hrs. Ford; Hrs. Samuel I. Newhouse, Chairman, Special Reception Committee)

6. Mrs. Ford and Parsons Fashion Design students who wt11 receive designer awards at this evening's show:

Back row: Classen I Dane I Dwyer I Hanley I Pastor I Smalls I Vitiello Front row: Keagy I Rosen I Jones I Mrs. Ford I Hol1ingsworth I Sabol Back row: (Kimberly Classen, 21, of Oak Park, 111., winner of the Liz Claiborne Award; Kim Dane, 24, of Key Biscayne, Fla., winner of the Leo Narducci Award; Carolyn Dwyer, 20, of Albany, N.Y., winner of the Albert Capraro Award; Diane Manley, 19, of Wyckoff, N.J., winner of the Kay Unger Award; Patte Pastor, 22, of Edison, N.J., winner of the Calvin Klein Award; Laura Smalls, 20, of Astoria, N.Y., winner of the Donald Brooks Award; lnrnaculate Vitiello, 20, of Englewood Cliffs, N.J., winner of the Donna Karan Award)

Front row: Ann Keagy, Director, Fashion Design Dept., Parsons School of Design; Nancy Rosen, 21, of Portland, Ore., winner of both the Chester Weinberg and the Piero Dimitri Awards; Eric Jor.P.5,

22, of Newark, N.J. winner of the Shannon Rodgers Award; Mrs. ro:-d; Michelle Hollingsworth, 22, of Altus, Okla., winner of ths Student Designer of the Year Award and the Kasper Award; Sabol, 22, of Fishkill, N.Y., winner of the Anthony Muto

7. Hrs. Ford and designers who have served as Fashion Design Critics during the 1975-76 school year: Back row: Claiborne I Rodgers I Narducci I Muto I Klein I Dimitri I Keagy

Front row: Karan I Brooks I Capraro I Mrs. Ford I Kasper I Unger I Wein0~rg

(Liz Claiborne; Shannon Rodgers; Leo Narducci; Anthony Muto; Calvin Klein; Ptero Dimitri; Ann Keagy, Chairman, Fashion Design Dept., Parsons Scheel of Design) Donna Karan; Donald Brooks; Albert Capraro; Mrs. Ford; Kasper; Kay Unger; Chester Weinberg)

8. Mrs. Ford and the Fashion Design Critics who are Parsons alumni:

Brooks I Karan I Capraro I Mrs. Ford I Kasper I Unger I Weinberg I Keagy

(Donald Brooks, Donna Karan, Albert Capraro, Mrs. Ford; Kasper, Kay Unger, Chester Weinberg, Ann Keagy, Chairman, Fashion Design Dept., Parsons School

of Design)

-more- PHOTOS WITHOUT MRS. FORD:

9. New Jersey students who are award winners, and their Des.igner-Crltlcs:

Rodgers I Klein I Karan I Unger Jones I Pastor I Vitiello I Manley

(Shannon Rodgers, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Kay Unger. Eric Jones, 22, of Newark, winner of the Shannon Rodgers Award; Patte

Pastor, 22, of Edison, winner of the Calvin Klein Award; Immaculate Vit~e11o, 20, of Englewood Cliffs, winner of the Donna Karan Award; Diane Manley, 19, of Wyckoff, winner of the Kay Unger Award.)

10. Individual student winners and their designer-critic. Third person in each photo is David L. Levy, Dean, Parsons School of Design --

A. DONALD BROOKS/LAURA SMALLS/DAVID LEVY B. ALBERT CAPRARO/CAROLYN DWYER/DAVID LEVY C. LIZ CLAIBORNE/KIMBERLY CLASSEN/DAVID LEVY D. PIERO DIMITRI/NANCY ROSEN/CHESTER WEINBERG/DAVID LEVY (Ms. Rosen won two designer awards) E. DONNA KARAN/IMMACULATE VITIELLO/DAVID LEVY F. KASPER/MICHELLE HOLLINGSWORTH/DAVID LEVY G. CALVIN KLEIN/PATTE PASTOR/DAVID LEVY H. ANTHONY MUTO/DAVID SABOL/DAVID LEVY I. LEO NARDUCCI/KIM DANE/DAVID LEVY J. SHANNON RODGERS/ERIC JONES/DAVID LEVY K. KAY UNGER/DIANE HANLEY/DAVID LEVY

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News photos by Horrv Hamburg Wearing a Liberty Bell pin· on her coat, Betty Ford First'La~y'~ Day in N.Y. w~ves to well-wishers outsi!le MetroJ)olitan Museum of Art aftel' .viewing the American Women of Style exhib~t. T~e first lady flew into. town yesterday nH~rmng primarily to accept the 1976 Parsons Award at annual fashion critics' show last night. The award . .-.;:. is in tribute to her :'sti·ong encouragement and sup. · :Port·of the AmeriCan fashion industry.'' . - ~ - WASHINGTON < UPD -- BETTY FORD WILL BE PRESENTED THE 1976 PRSONS AWARD AT THE ANNUAL CRITICS AWARDS SHOW SPONSORED BY THE PARSONS SCHOOL OF' DESIGN MONDAY, MARCH 29 IN NEW YORK. THE AWARDS PRESENT AT ION, WHERE THE F IRSf LADY WI LL SPEAK, AND A FASHION SHOW WILL BE HELD AT 7 P. C'1 AT THE NEW YORK HILTON HOTEL. - el - - - ...... v UT:" 1.1A11t" t11nM Tl\Jt:.TF

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· ~glfr Bob Dylan, ft~nded a· party Kiry,kr, F~man., er·so~teJ:;n·' .. ky- FrleJiman . Uywoo~...,· r~.. ,.,· . ., ,,.,.,.,n-ir mg s·t one lJ°fllow~ t/t.rew a ·. e\~~.fl· ~~\1b0.PP~ on' the patty .in. Hf>llrwood W1 · ~:i~,1(~-4PPn , .arrival, got. ~~.d._:.. •« ;.'\°t'f4odt,-twp-in. ch recently at.'t.o'itich pr1-,.c~J.)JY.:EU{d.tt-<~ould whom _ i~an· ~a· ~Gartia~et .~e­ Bob 'Dyzim·~ . with GOUld's ex-wife Barbra Rf.B'Wicl'• · h~ :~J~r can. song,' "People." · K ,'\!· ~ ' . ~ \ .~ ...... :~~·.;. "": TOP photo br ,,(unenbeq has annoilnced __; . ~d.Pre1<1: tention of combating "the pre­ ' · : "iiouom photo br James Jt, W. Atherton ommantly llb~ral'' national news me­ ...:.':t'IM Wuhlnston Poat dia with an eight-page· conservative paper called "American Views," to be published every two weeks beginning she told a Parsons School of Design who are. d~ini,:· _ii o raise money for next month. Annenberg is the former awards dinner last night at the New the Easter .Seal ·amve; ·are aiming tor publisher of the Philadelphia In· Yor~ Hilton. "And I feel badly that 300 hours.·... Alber$ Kovacs, 27, a Ru· qutrer, as well as a former Ambassa· manian in .Auch, France, to compete dor to the Court. -of Sl-James. . . The a lot of those things that are past in the pre-Olympic, International Mod­ New York Thnes.. ··publlsher's mother, and gone will be revived again. I ern Pentathlon events, has asked tor Jphicene Ochs Subberrer, was given expect that in the futute the book temporary .politieal asylum.... Steve an honorary doctor of human letters will be considered fiction." Mrs: Ford Ford, the Presldent's son, will partici! deante by Hebrew Union College added that she felt a great deal of pate in a ':'bronc riding clinic" May 1 sympathy for Pat Nixon. Jew~h Institute of l\eligion SundaY, and 2 in Spring Creek, Nev.. af"fti=eentennial celebration. The world record for playing Monop­ Cicely Tyson said that. by concen· ~ trilting, she has been able to do an en­ ~t Lady Betty- Ford apparently oly underwater w3s broken by some tire film, "The River Niger," durln~ a finds excerpta from the new Wood· Portland, Ore., scuba divers on Sun­ 10-day intermission from filming an­ ward and Bernstein bOok detailing qay night, and the last anybody other picture, "The Blue Bird" in th,e .f~ of the Nixon White House not checked they were still passing Go. ' so-Very enJo:able. "I ~ertainlY thought Tbe previoua record w~ ~ - cqntint1- Le~ ~~'1~-... Wen omitted," 011S hours, and the ntnr ~Pionl. -Jvclith Martin ., .. ~ ' '.:· .. .·.,.~ ......