“It was probably Jude Law and Matt Damon in ‘The Talented Mr. Ripley,’” she said. “Not grain.”After all, as Ms. Roth said slyly, “I’m the world’s oldest costume designer, damn it!”Confirm or DenyMaureen Dowd: You have been wearing blue toenail polish every day since 1953. Ann Roth: Mike Nichols asked me to come to dinner with Anthony Minghella at the fancy Chinese restaurant in Beverly Hills, Mr Chow. She taught me about a fabric that was made in Czechoslovakia and found in Switzerland called silk souffle, which really doesn’t exist anymore. Cameramen sometimes liked to use it on their lenses because it made people look better.

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Persons: Jude Law, Matt Damon, ‘, Ripley, ’ ”, Mamma Mia, ’, Mia, Streep, Roth, slyly, “, Maureen Dowd, Ann Roth, Mike Nichols, Anthony Minghella, Mr Chow, Minghella, Mike, “ You’re, Miles White, Marlene Dietrich, Miles Organizations: Ringling Bros, Barnum, Bailey, “ Locations: Beverly Hills, Las Vegas, Czechoslovakia, Switzerland