Word: flannel
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...wool suits and topcoats for spring, fall and winter wear will be brought out this fall by Manhattan's Witty Brothers, first manufacturer to make 100% dacron summer suits (TIME, May 12, 1952). Dacron content will range from 35-70% depending on whether it is blended with flannel, gabardine or worsted. Price...
...Billy Pierce, a lefthander, stared moodily down the 60-ft. stretch between the mound and home plate and faced a special problem. At the plate stood a corn-haired youngster just four years out of an Oklahoma high school, with NEW YORK spelled out in block letters on his flannel shirt, a big numeral 7 on his back. As it must to all other clubs in the American League, came the plaguing question: What does a pitcher throw to Mickey Mantle of the New York Yankees...
...cheerleaders in a new way. Complaints about Harvard cheering had been numerous in the past. So the Student Council agreed to have regular tryouts and pick the men on ability, instead of letting the captains of other teams serve, as in the past. Competitors were requested to wear "white flannel trousers and sweaters, preferably white...
...certain staple garments on which to reply. Beige gabardines, blue and light-grey denims, nylon and cotton cords, and Irish linens give him a broad range of coats from which to choose. Trousers may be of the same material, but are usually the common chino or the warmish grey flannel. Of course, in ultra-uncomfortable weather, Bermuda shorts or chamois-bottomed crew shorts are in order...
...what is presently correct. In the Spring, seersucker and cord jackets are both practical and eminently proper. Of late, the inexpensive blue denim jackets have become quite popular. There are also sober tan or grey gabardine suits, and for more formal occasions or chilly evenings, the ever-dependable grey flannel is unspeakably proper...