Word: denims
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...example, in "Tight Denim Jeans," Harris writes...
...closet, however, returns to basics. "It's not the wardrobe of a designer," he apologizes, showing a lineup of five navy-blue jackets and one of cashmere wool. In a neighboring closet are a full supply of denim and leather jeans, some old shirts, underwear from Bloomingdale's arranged by the housemaid in neat rows like grenadiers on parade, and an assortment of shoes, his own make as well as American and English...
...thigh hemline, and Irish tweed overcoats that look like a Black and Tan fantasy. "We still do avant-garde clothes," Pinky says, "avantgarde and expensive, but we use lots of discipline in the men's things." Examples: silk shirts with small collars, suede as lively as dyed denim and a baseball jacket made of tweed and leather that no pitcher would risk leaving in the bullpen...
...well pull in at the next Burger King. Incontrovertibly, any game has been seriously maimed when you can no longer tell who is winning or losing. The status game had surely begun to turn absurd as soon as the man in the gray flannel suit began turning up in denim and sneakers-with no loss of prestige. The absurdity had clearly become utter by the year now ending: it was the year in which the President of the U.S. had to resort to the jelly bean for a symbol that set him apart from other folks...
Most folks, however, remain prisoners of their wardrobes. Lurie rummages there and discovers a boutique of conflicting desires. The career woman who carries both a no-nonsense briefcase and a quilted handbag is sending contradictory signals. The young movie mogul in an $800 sports coat over a J.C. Penney denim shirt advertises his wealth while feigning his disregard of it. A frilly apron worn over a severe black dress announces that a woman is only playing at housekeeping...