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Florence Griffith Joyner has always looked sensational on the track. In the 1984 Olympic trials she glistened in shimmering bodysuits, earning the nickname "Fluorescent Flo." In the Los Angeles Games, in which she won a silver medal in the 200 meters, she flaunted 6-in. fingernails, which didn't cause any apparent wind drag. At the world championships in Rome last year, she resembled an exotic alien in her hooded bodysuit. And at this year's Olympic trials in Indianapolis, she titillated fans with the "one-legger," which covers one limb in vivid color and leaves the other muscularly bare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympics: For Speed and Style, Flo with the Go | 9/19/1988 | See Source »

...willing to pay for the best. No longer limiting the cloth to coats, sweaters and scarves, designers have come out with cashmere tunics, miniskirts, camisoles and even sweat suits. Ralph Lauren can barely keep his cabled cashmere sweater for men in stock at $625, while Donna Karan's cashmere & bodysuit ($500 to $800) overwhelmingly outsells her less expensive merino-wool outfit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Crackdown by Cashmere Cops | 3/14/1988 | See Source »

...trappings: his only accessories are music, which includes both recognizable classical pieces and simple recordings of nose; and lights, which either spotlight his antics or swirl around him to create confusion. In most of the skits, however, Marceau works solo on a blackened stage, clad in white ballet shoes, bodysuit and vest with a facefull of chalk...

Author: By Jennifer A. Kingston, | Title: Miming His Own Business | 3/1/1985 | See Source »

Kissing Barbie, Golden Dream Barbie (sporting her golden bodysuit) and dozens more. And then there...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Toys for the Real Generation | 12/9/1981 | See Source »

...staging a show called "Portable World." No gypsy could crave more items that can be folded out, inflated, worn or comfortably toted. "Body extensions"-notions to be worn by people on the move-include the "Toot-a-Loop" radio, which twists around the arm like a snake. The sauna bodysuit promises to create a hotbox effect merely by being hooked up to a portable hair dryer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Portable World | 10/22/1973 | See Source »

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