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Bare Blass (Slim Keith, Post-Swan Years)
Blass, Bill. Bare Blass. First Edition. 2002. Edited by Cathy Horn. Book and dust jacket are both in very good condition—front cover of jacket shows moderate wear.
Without cool sophistication, fashion designer Bill Blass tells it like it was in stylish New York society in the second half of the 20th Century. It’s bracingly honest and free of ego, though had certain members of his set still been living, it surely would have bruised theirs. One such person is Slim Keith, whom Blass admired very much, but as the two became close—and Blass didn’t wish to become too close to anyone—had a parting of the ways. This book is essential to understanding the character and motivation of Slim Keith, but it slips under the radar.
“Warmth is the most attractive quality in a woman, I think. It goes way beyond manners and coming from a beautiful woman, it is almost enslaving. Slim [Keith] had it. So did Pamela Harriman.”
--Bill Blass