Word: bell-bottoms
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...looks like the country." What she meant was that women are 52% of the nation's population, and last week close to 40% of the convention delegates were women-a dramatic jump over their 13% representation at the 1968 Democratic Convention. Decorative as the women were in their bell-bottom trousers, miniskirts, jeans and hot pants, they were not there to be on display but to seek power. Except for a couple of setbacks, they got enough to satisfy and even surprise them...
...advised that socialist Albania frowns on long hair, shorts or deep décolletage. "We don't need hash, long hair or jazz music," one crew-cut student told a modishly dressed but severely disillusioned Italian Maoist in our group, pointing to his body-hugging Via Veneto shirt, bell-bottom jeans and wide belt. "A socialist does not dress like an American cowboy." A Swedish girl, who ventured out of her beachside hotel in hot pants one scorching day, got the point even more strongly when a bunch of dedicated puritans from a nearby party youth camp pelted...
...when the youth attempted to prevent a young woman from being molested by the assailant, who was described as being black, 6' 1", and about 22 years old. He allegedly carried two 44-calibre pistols and was wearing a brown hat, an army p-jacket, and bell-bottom dungaree pants...
...were basic to the wardrobes of generations of women: jersey suits and dresses, the draped turban, the chemise, pleated skirts, the jumper, turtleneck sweaters, the cardigan suit, the blazer, the little black dress, the sling pump, strapless dresses, the trench coat. Sometimes, the determining factor was practicality: Chanel wore bell-bottom trousers in Venice, the better to climb in and out of gondolas, and started the pants revolution. Sometimes, it was purely accidental: after singeing her hair, she cut it off completely, made an appearance at the Paris Opera, and started the craze for bobbed hair. But always, a Chanel...
...look great, just great!" gushed Rudi when they returned. A cosmetician applied a thin coat of flesh-colored makeup to their naked bodies, and it was time to get into their costumes, such as they were. Both models dressed identically in black-and-white monokinis, covered with white knit bell-bottom trousers and rib-length black-and-white tank tops. Then, while photographers snapped pictures and Gernreich gave cues and directions, the models rehearsed their act for the show. Off came the tank tops. Down dropped the trousers. The monokinis slid slowly to the floor. After stepping to one side...