FUNNY GIRL:Barbra Streisand, followed, not too closely, by Ingrid Bergman, 41st Annual Academy Awards, 1969
Streisand's taste during the '60s ran to creative combos cobbled together
from vintage gear, earning her a place on the list of the 10 Most Imaginative
Women in Current
... more Fashion. For the Oscars, she conspired with Scaasi, a designer
not known for restraint, to dream up a déclassé cross between stripper and
schoolgirl couture. Something like breast- and bum-bands, along with a lining of
nude silk, made Scaasi's "mod" confection of sheer black tulle palatable for
national TV. When regal Ingrid Bergman, attired in flowing white chiffon and
shimmering silver bugle beads, announced the historic tie for Best Actress -- Katharine Hepburn for "The Lion in Winter" and Streisand for "Funny Girl" -- Barbra swallowed the gum she'd been nervously
chewing, yanked up her bell-bottoms and headed for the stage. Unfortunately, the
glare of a hundred klieg lights illuminated her "naked" derriere, providing TV
viewers a startlingly intimate glimpse of Funny Girl going away. "Haut
tackiness!" blared next day's headlines (Bettmann / Corbis)
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