Word: backless
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...tower looks out on a large concrete courtyard, too big for small groups to gather in. Instead, knots of kids gather on the stoops or in a gazebo-like structure in a small play area. Two mangled basketball hoops and a few backless benches fill the deserted concrete space...
...fitting slacks, short skirts, hot pants. Designer Betsey Johnson, for instance, has turned out abbreviated leotard tops that can be worn in the office or in the pool, along with abbreviated "baby sweaters," a relatively warm way to stay cool (see color, overleaf). Scott Barrie's polka-dotted backless vests tentatively shield 30% of the upper torso of women with the nerve -and the figure-to wear them...
...more, according to the new designers, but for Architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's dictum to be true, as he well knew, careful attention must be paid to structure, to supports, to underpinnings. Barrie frankly uses narrow crisscross straps, back or front. Crahay of Lanvin hangs his backless clothes from tied stock collars. Donald Brooks has engineered foundations into his backless dresses, so secure that a woman can even "curtsy and not fall out," he claims. But for women who want to be both bared and bra-ed, complicated problems lie ahead. One possibility is the "three...
...gaping onlookers were spellbound as a young French p.r. girl in the audience peeled during the course of the show. First to be shed was a navy blue cardigan. Then a sleeveless, striped blue pullover fluttered down, followed by a long-sleeved sweater. Au fond was a sleeveless, almost backless silky knit navy turtleneck -a dazzling outfit clearly designed for energetic dancing at top chic nightclubs as the evening wears...
...units is all it takes to make a roomful of see-through inflatables. One unit is a vinyl "log" nearly 6 ft. long, the other a square pillow 3 in. thick. Hung vertically, six or eight logs form a room divider. Piled up, three or four pillows make a backless seat. Snapped together with built-in tabs, logs and pillows can be combined to form a wide variety of armchairs and sofas...