ɹˈaɪɾɪŋ fɚðə nˈuː jˈɔːɹk tˈaɪmz æt ðə tˈaɪm ʌv tɹˈuːmən kˈæpoʊtz blˈæk ænd wˈaɪt bˈɔːl ɪn nˈaɪntiːnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti sˈɪks, mˈæɹəlɪn bˈɛndɚ ɹᵻpˈoːɹɾᵻd ðætðə "mˈoʊst ɪmpˈoːɹtənt mˈɛn ɪn ɐ fˈæʃənəbəl wˈʊmənz lˈaɪf wɜː hɜː hˈɛɹdɹɛsɚ, hɜː mˌeɪkˌʌp ˈɑːɹɾɪst ænd kˈɛnəθ dʒˈeɪ lˈeɪn."
Writing for The New York Times at the time of Truman Capote's Black and White Ball in 1966, Marilyn Bender reported that the "most important men in a fashionable woman's life were her hairdresser, her make-up artist and Kenneth Jay Lane."