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GERTRUDE SINGER'S upstairs shop on Church Street has the highest prices in the Square, but go and you'll see why. She carefully selects the best of the au courant; such as the silk coat and dress ensemble ($240). She believes in capes and capelets for everything, and only...
Capes and Things
Not to be outdone by the slicker publications, Women's Wear Daily has discovered Radcliffe. In two photo features last week, the clothes retailers' daily newspaper bubbled with excitement over Radcliffe's Young Naturals--their capes, high boots, textured stockings, and Greek bags.
The Nov. 27 issue of the paper devotes more than a full page and a half to photos and sketches of "Cliff Dwellers" (sic). Reporter Marian Christy notes the prevalence of dark knee skimming shifts, turtleneck jerseys, ponchos, and capes. "Sunny colors and sprightly plaids rate," she writes, and "yellow...
Perhaps the most weighty assertion in the articles is that the capes are emblems of summer travels, to such countries as Mexico, England, Austria, Peru, and Sweden. "Non-travelers descend on masse on their favorite Harvard Square shops to mimic their globetrotting classmates," the story adds.