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Word: chadbourne (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...smiling when he said it; though a new knitting process makes the stockings runproof, it does not make them holeproof. Said a Hanes executive cheerfully: "No stocking lasts forever." "Foreva" is, in fact, the name announced by Chadbourn Gotham Inc., Hanes's competitor, for its new runless and seamless stockings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Sheer Delight | 5/4/1962 | See Source »

...runproof hose will not be marketed for two or three months. Hanes's price will be $1.75 (v. $1.35 for an ordinary pair of hose); Chadbourn Gotham has not yet set a price. Though women may be rescued from such agonies as the discovery of a run on their way to a party, they will pay another price for the improvement: the new stockings will be noticeably meshier...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Sheer Delight | 5/4/1962 | See Source »

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