Bosses’ Clothing Suits Designs of Fashion Conscious
What do superpower leaders Ronald Reagan, Mikhail S. Gorbachev and rock superstar Bruce Springsteen have in common? For one thing, they are all bosses. For another, they have just been named among the “Best Dressed” men of 1986. That is the determination of the Brooklyn, N.Y.-based Fashion Foundation of America, which has reported on its selections in its 45th annual survey. Included in the group of fashion notables are Prince Andrew of Britain, New York Gov. Mario M. Cuomo and television personality Ed McMahon. The tailors and designers said that Reagan topped the list as the best-dressed statesman, while Soviet leader Gorbachev was the favorite on the international stage. Springsteen, of course, makes his mark on another stage.
--High school track star Nanette Davis’ world came crashing down on her in 1978, the night of her graduation, when an auto accident left her paralyzed. But four years later, a determined Davis, with the help of a computer system developed by researcher Jerrold Petrofsky at Wright State University in Ohio, took her first steps between parallel bars. Her accomplishment was recounted in “First Steps,” a 1984 television film. Now, the St. Marys, Ohio, native has taken new steps--this time down the aisle on her wedding day. A brace, with cables hidden under her wedding gown and train, allowed her to move her legs through upper-body and shoulder movements as she walked to the altar of the Zion Lutheran Church in St. Marys for her marriage to Greg Ferrall, 30, of Huber Heights, Ohio.
--In honor of his spirited fight to overcome the cancer that led to the amputation of his leg 13 years ago, Ted Kennedy Jr. was given the first Spirit of Achievement Award in Snowmass Village, Colo. Kennedy, 25, the son of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), was presented the award at a fund-raiser for the Jimmie Heuga Center, a group involved in researching and counseling victims of disease and trauma. Heuga, a former Olympic skier, developed multiple sclerosis after he took part in the Games in 1968.
