For young Bill Blass the local cinemas promised another world, of glamour, where people did nothing all day except wear nice clothes and have a good time.

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The glamour of importing these may die one day.

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How had we missed the opportunity to mark the appearance on the royal scene of a couple who in their own day had matched the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge for glamour, and who at the time of their marriage were similarly destined to achieve international power and influence?

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But they do seem to be nostalgic for old-world glamour a time when Jackie Kennedy and Marilyn Monroe were the fashion icons of the day.

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