Word: cotton
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...have no time left to just lie on their beds and daydream." Says Jean Chenoweth (two teen-age children), who moved to a Denver house from the suburbs: "Parents do nine-tenths of the work. I had a Blue Bird Group for three years, and we never accomplished a cotton-picking thing-they just came for the refreshments as far as I could see." Making her choice, Mrs. Chenoweth devotes her spare time to fund raising for a school for handicapped children and making recordings for the blind...
Leather Pants. Variously called Capris and toreadors, the tight, form-hugging slacks are made in everything from plain cotton ($1.95) to kid leather ($75). They ushered in the lollipop look. "My husband doesn't like them," explains a California housewife. "Every time I bend over, he says I look like a lollipop. So one day I wore a dress. First, I caught it in the car door. Then the baby poured soup in my lap. To top it all off, the grocer asked me if I were expecting another child. I've been wearing pants ever since." Next...
...Knit dresses in cotton, wool and synthetic weaves. Says a Bloomingdale buyer: "It is easier to sell a wool knit for $60 or $70 than any other kind of dress...
...Embroidered, lingerie-styled tops and pants in sheer cotton for the boudoir look on the beach...
Women who once owned only one bathing suit now have four or five. Form-molding Lastex is popular in swimsuits in many areas of the U.S., but cotton suits are more practical for suburban housewives. They like to wear the looser cotton suits around the home, wrap a skirt around themselves to do errands, throw on a sweater for an evening barbecue...