- Narrator: In the old row houses just north of the square lived the 19th-century aristocracy. Behind these ancient gates, in leather-bound libraries and French style drawing rooms, life was gay and frivolous.
- Narrator: Delicate feminine cottons, recreating an era of fantasy, of pure coquetry, of sheer romance. Cotton organdies, laces and velveteens, resplendently radiating the nostalgia of times past.
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- Narrator: In the shadows of modern Manhattan, surrounded by glass and steel yet only a subway stop away from the seething city, with its crowds of people, hectic workday schedules, and the office routine, lies the stately village called Greenwich. A suburban oasis where one can gather thoughts and enjoy the wonders of nature.
- Narrator: Village life is cosmopolitan, yet relaxed and carefree. Pleasure is found in just being alive. Suburban living on an urban landscape. A time to pursue personal pleasures - to find self-expression in comfortable clothing. The tempo is leisurely, and cotton's casual appeal is in step with carefree living.
- Narrator: Freed from conservative business attire, the modern Villager finds comfort in cotton corduroy - the fabric woven for the Now Generation. As ruggedly appealing as the great outdoors, yet sophisticatedly shaped for the modes of cosmopolitan life.
- Narrator: Nightfall. Creating a world of contradictions, of paradoxes in light. The tourist is lured by a sense of adventure in losing himself in a modern casbah, while the resident prefers an evening spent at a theater off-Broadway where the actors and audience share their common experiences after each performance. Or an early dinner in a favorite hideaway. Or going to a party in the garret of a Bohemian friend.
- Narrator: Here, thousands of people live in an atmosphere much like the one they left in their own hometown.
- Narrator: Once a field for bloody Indian battles and aristocratic duels, hangings and potter's burials, Washington Square is now an island retreat.