LUNCH AT THE PLAYBOY MANSE.Byline: - By Barbara De Witt De Witt, uninc. town (1990 pop. 8,244), Onondaga co., central N.Y., a residential suburb of Syracuse. Why would Hugh Hefner Hugh Marston Hefner (born April 9, 1926 in Chicago, Illinois), also referred to colloquially as Hef,[1] is the founder, editor-in-chief, and Chief Creative Officer of Playboy Enterprises[2]. He is the majority owner of Playboy Enterprise Inc. , the creator of a magazine about women without clothes, have a luncheon to honor a French fashion designer? It was an invitation too intriguing to pass up, especially since the guest of honor was Thierry Mugler  This article or section is written like an .Please help [ rewrite this article] from a neutral point of view. Mark blatant advertising for , using . , the Paris designer with the sharpest edge in women's fashion. Over a buffet luncheon of salmon, steak and pasta served in the Tudor-style Playboy mansion in Beverly Hills Beverly Hills, city (1990 pop. 31,971), Los Angeles co., S Calif., completely surrounded by the city of Los Angeles; inc. 1914. The largely residential city is home to many motion-picture and television personalities. , we learned Mugler photographed a bunch of Playboy bunnies in his '40s-inspired fantasy fashions for Playboy's January, 1999 issue. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Mugler, who was dressed in a tan-and-black snakeskin snake·skin n. The skin of a snake, especially when prepared as leather. blazer with black leather jeans and T-shirt, ``Playboy invited me to do my version of Ertes, and the beautiful girls in a beautiful setting inspired me.'' After lunch, we strolled the gardens, watched the peacocks preening themselves and talked about the future of fashion. Said Mugler: ``In the next century, we're going to see more and more nudity and tattoos. Of course, they'll still be wearing clothing, but women won't pay so much attention to seasonal collections, and black will remain the basic color Noun 1. basic color - a dye that is considered to be a base because the chromophore is part of a positive ion basic colour, basic dye dye, dyestuff - a usually soluble substance for staining or coloring e.g. fabrics or hair ... which shows you as a jewel. Also I think fabrics will clean themselves.'' For those who are wondering what the mansion is like, it's a stone castle with a lot of heavy, dark Georgian period furniture with a lion motif. In the foyer there's a painting of Hefner between two lions, and in the formal dining room are more lions on the walls, the carpeting, the fireplace screen, the blue velvet chairs and the huge buffet that features winged lions holding the thick gray marble The Gray Marble (Anthocharis lanceolata) is a butterfly in the Pieridae family. Its range is the west coast of USA and Canada. table top. The restroom walls are covered in beige velvet and marble, and the toilet has a secret pull-chain (on the bottom of the tank) that had everybody talking. Other buzz was about the possibility of getting Monica Lewinsky into Playboy; how it was so unnecessary to mention Sonny Bono was taking prescription drugs when he died; and how Sports Illustrated swimsuit model Kathy Ireland was making a fortune (said to be $70 million) with her Kmart collection. Also hoping to make a few million is Playboy, which will launch its new collection of activewear in the spring at local department stores. CAPTION(S): 3 Photos Photo: (1) Sharing a laugh at the Playboy mansion are 1995 Playmate of the Year Julie Cialini, left, guest of honor Thierry Mugler and Miss July model Lisa Dergan. (2) French fashion designer Mugler discusses art with Playboy magazine founder Hugh Hefner at Monday's luncheon at Hefner's Beverly Hills mansion. (3) Paul Marciano of Guess? and Dergan were among the luncheon guests. Gus Ruelas/Daily News |
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