Arnold Scaasi dressed his first First Lady in 1958, when he was called upon by Mamie Eisenhower. Over the years, he has maintained a relationship with the White House, most notably as Barbara Bush's chief couturier but also with her daughter-in-law Laura and, on one occasion, Hillary Clinton. In interviews and in his new book, Women I Have Dressed (and Undressed), Scaasi ruminates easily on the comeliness of Mamie's bosom or how Barbara looks in nothing but a slip. Yet there is one topic he considers inappropriate to discuss--with either his Washington wives or the public--and that is politics. "Clothes have...
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