Word: elasticize
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Belts can be decorated and dressed up or down at the whim of the inventive manufacturer. Brass fittings are still the most popular, and range from the simple buckle-and-eyelet on the classic leather belt to the most elaborate of emblems. Nailheads on the strict elastic cinch are the...
Most important of the new middle-definers is the cinch belt. Strictly speaking, the cinch is a flat, rather wide, belt of almost any material--from humble grosgrain to velvet and fur--with an uncompromising elastic backing which allows the wearer to breathe a little while it nips her waistline...
The half-sweater, half-vest is a reasonably priced article. The front looks like an ordinary vest, usually set in a square pattern with quietly contrasting colors, but the back is woven elastic. As long as a coat is worn over the vest, no one is the wiser.
Not that Arbiter Vanderbilt has been stingy with advice for those who may have to hold a hunt breakfast, staff a 100-room mansion, or participate in an evening horse show (a dinner jacket is often worn with evening trousers cut slightly narrow in the leg with elastic straps under...
In his camel-hair bathrobe, Mohammed Mossadegh sat up in bed and received Hjalmar Schacht, chief fixer of Nazi Germany's elastic currency. In Teheran at Mossadegh's summons to take a look at Iran's Scheherazadian finances, Schacht presented Mossy with a plan to stave off...