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Your comments regarding the "new fashion" of jumpsuits was of particular interest to me because in the year when I was writing the screenplay of National Velvet (which makes it 1943), I admired the jumpsuit worn by my gas-station attendant. I talked the owner into giving me one of the jumpsuits...
...ever try to take a long plane ride or go to a public toilet wearing a jumpsuit...
Like peacoats, jeans, sweatshirts and other upwardly mobile work clothes, jumpsuits have become fashionable because they are functional. Comfortable in action, they are "one-stop" attire, as easy to don as to doff. "After packing separates in a suitcase most of the summer weekends, I found that I spent the whole day in my jumpsuit," explained a young New York shopper last week. "Then I ended up just adding a scarf at night. A jumpsuit is such easy dressing. It does as much as a well-tailored pair of pants to make you look dramatic...
...jumpsuit fad began in Paris and was brought to the U.S. by models who had attended last fall's fashion shows. The first Paris designer to bring back a high-fashion jumpsuit was Yves Saint Laurent, whose collection for fall included jumps in classic poplin ($205), a black acrylic with drawstring waist ($375) and a turtleneck number ($355). A nationwide bestseller is Victor Joris' self-belted gabardine suit with pleated pants ($110); in all, some 600 stores have ordered 38,000 Joris jumps. One of the most popular numbers, though, is the inexpensive Esso suit, a loose overall...
...jumpsuit here to stay...