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...Having served for an extended period in Samoa with the Navy in World War II, I would not be optimistic about the chances of business success in store for a bra factory out there [TIME, Aug. 23]. In the first place, the Exquisite Form Brassiere Co. will have to provide many unusual and asymmetrical patterns for the unfortunate natives who "have been deformed by mu-mu* Furthermore, unless styles and mores have changed greatly there since 1943, the demand for the output of the brassiere company will be limited indeed, and tourists are few in numbers...
...those of us who have sailed under false colors for so long, our problems are miraculously solved. We may now carry our heads high again, with nothing to hide. But, alas, for those of us who were so proud. Perhaps the, bra companies will come to our rescue with a "Smash-it" or a "Cave...
...like to tar and feather Dior, and run him out of town. Why did he have to build me up just to let me down? I can hang my head, and drop my bra and appear a flattened frump, But Christian, tell me dear, how do I batten down the rump...
...Bader, 36, an ingenious German whose flair for showmanship unhappily surpasses his marksmanship. With his wife Hildegard, Kurt billed his show as "Aal Cherry & Mac Zero, the World-Famous Sharpshooting Act." His act involved a machine like an egg beater, across which pretty little Mac, arrayed in shorts and bra, could be tastefully spread-eagled and rotated as a "human windmill." Last week, after putting their two daughters to bed in a hotel room nearby, Aal & Mac went into their act at Cologne's Kaiserhof Theater. Their eleven-year-old son Hubert strapped his mother to the "windmill...
...They have succeeded only in bringing it all with them. Lavish hotels, boites and bistros, now abound on the island. Tree-lined walks that once soothed lonely philosophers have turned into a midway featuring the most expensive and expendable freaks on earth. Black velvet bullfighters' pants, a strapless bra, a conical hat seemingly made of macaroni, and masses of straw junk-jewelry are conservative evening wear for the well-dressed lady on Capri this season, while Capri's male vacationers find a tastefully tinted athletic supporter most becoming for cocktails on the beach...