becomes a superstar in fashion. remind us how famous he was, how influential for people who see that and say, wow, i didn t know. he really was an all-american boy. roy halston frowig from illinois, he started off a hat maker in burgdorf goodman and rose to acclaim because you will all remember this. he designed the infamous pill box jackie o. wore at the inauguration of her husband in 1961. let s take a look at that. were you the person who put the pill box on jackie kennedy? yes, i was. it s a very funny story. it was a rather windy day. and she put her hand on the hat and it ended up to have a dent in it. and so during all the ceremonies it had a dent in the hat, and everybody who copied it put a dent in it which was so funny. it s pretty incredible. but it just goes to show you how influential it was, and his design was. absolutely. i think it is really the influence of the first lady, the
come out to support his position on the wall. but, you know, the life issue is the closest to my heart as much as many of us here. you know, right now, i would say that what s going on with the late term abortion is nothing short of a modern day holocaust. you know, the same way the in germany and the nazis devalued the lives of those jewish kids that they marched into gas chambers the lives of our unborn are being devalued right now. and degraded to a point where they just want to say it s just a lump of cells when it s really a precious little baby in the womb. that s one of the hardest. griff: i have to bring in ramieh because is he holding a hat here. why is that guy holding a hat. i made this hat for the president of the united states. i m a custom counsel hat maker. i put a u.s.a. buckle on it with a ruby and diamond and sapphire. put his name inside of it for him. just like we do all over new
anthony: right, with madame lynch? eduardo: with madame lynch. anthony: madame lynch was fond of, uh, things like french, uh, couture. eduardo: yes, yes, and that changed the way of dress in asuncion. anthony: madame lynch might ve been good for business. i m trying to put this at a light i could be enthusiastic about. like, how clearly forward thinking my relatives were. his customers, as a hat maker, the very people who treated madame lynch with such utter contempt. did they live in the colonial homes, the old mansions that we see still in asuncion, that type of residence? eduardo: yes. anthony: times were changing in south america, too, in those days and society ladies craved the latest in haute courant french fashion. there was money to be made, there w- eh, bump. peter: short after this episode with the new bordeaux group came the triple alliance war. anthony: jean bourdain died in 1858. eduardo: yes, before. peter: it was a good time to die because this way
we figured she was full of . i mean, she also said she was in the resistance, you know, but everybody in france said that. arms? so, was he ever a hat maker? was this a cover job? was he a hat maker, slash arms are all these local researchers, historians, and geniuses on the money here? was great-great-great-grampy an arms dealer? so what hat maker needs two hundred tons of gunpowder? i ve got you now jean bourdain. i ve got you now. or was he simply a party supplier selling fine french hats and little firecrackers to school kids? i don t know what to believe. peter: and in 58, unfortunately he died. anthony: right. peter: and he was buried, here. two miles from here in recoleta. anthony: mhm. peter: the rich people s cemetery. anthony: yeah. peter: we can pretty well say on which area he remains.
genealogists around the world and the history of your family is very interesting. anthony: oh, really? eduardo: yeah. anthony: okay, interesting. eduardo: yeah. your family, your grandfather jean bourdain came to montevideo following the son. anthony: okay, the facts as i know them so far, i think, are this. my great-great-great-granddad jean, his son, also named jean, came to montevideo, uruguay to live with his uncle. eduardo: 1850, jean bourdain moves to asunción. natalia: this is the document that we have showing him arriving. anthony: there he is. eduardo: in that time, he worked with, eh, chapelier. with ? natalia: with a hat maker. anthony: hat maker? i m pretty sure he said hat maker. which, i have to say, disappoints me, like, a lot. natalia: and here you see chapelier. anthony: the whole elusive wing of mysterious south american bourdains were project runway contestants of their day? eduardo: in 1855, lópez s son arrived to asunción.