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Knit Fashion Awards Highlight 1960s Pratt Show
At New York Motel Pierre the Headliner Knit student design competition awarded prizes for striking knits. Jane Scheckter won top honors for a red navy striped beach dress for Baby Jane Holzer, with designs for Sean Connery lounge wear and Brigitte Bardot cutouts also recognized. Darlene Holland earned second for lounging pajamas, while Michael Arceneaux echoed the event with a Brigitte Bardot inspired cutout swimsuit among many designs. The show showcased Creslan fiber knits and stressed easy-care versatility for modern life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baby Jane Holzer
Sean Connery
Brigitte Bardot
New York
Motel Pierre
Luci Baines Johnson
Pratt Institute
Helen Hennessy
Cknickers
Julie Christie
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
John Lind
NEA
Jane
Scheckter
Springfield
Magss
Thej
Miss Scheckter
Springfield Art League
J. H
Darlene Holland
Trumbull
Jook
Darlene
Michael Arceneaux
Brigitte Bardat
Pratt
1 Playhouse
Stanley Kowalski
Joseph Surface
Yale Drama School
Audrey Hepburn
Barbara McNair
The
Supremes
Creslan