Word: leotarded
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...hawing. Letting skirts fall where they may this summer, designers to a man-and woman-have transferred their attention topside. The new mini-tops can go over anything and everything-long skirts, loose-fitting slacks, short skirts, hot pants. Designer Betsey Johnson, for instance, has turned out abbreviated leotard tops that can be worn in the office or in the pool, along with abbreviated "baby sweaters," a relatively warm way to stay cool (see color, overleaf). Scott Barrie's polka-dotted backless vests tentatively shield 30% of the upper torso of women with the nerve -and the figure...
...grinds its way to comedy through subtle shifts of the hips, then even 20th century styles are forced to let down their hair under audience scrutiny. The jeaned-segments could have been precise and emphasized since the dancers' over-clothed bodies lost the clarity and graceful curves of the leotard. Yet the combination of jeans and ballet brought the expected hilarity, and the dance treatment--a pointed, self-criticism--showed historical and critical perspectives, a credit to the maturity of Rika's choreography...
...Elope," was the spiclest of the dances. This time a solo, choreographed and danced by Julie Hanlon, who showed far more competence in this mime-dance style than in "See-Saw." In black stretch overalls and green leotard top, she showed a clean, precise figure, characteristic and obligatory for mime...
Before pulling on the two-piece, leotard-like, nylon spandex suit, customers are advised to cover their bodies with a light film of greaseless Isotoner Motion Cream. Any movement, explains Aris Gloves, the manufacturer, then causes the suit and cream to work "synergistically." The suit will knead the cream into the body and the fiber will produce an "isometric push-pull action" that makes the whole operation a kind of wear-a-massage...
Some of the chosen eponyms are familiar: the sandwich was once an earl; the pompadour a king's mistress; sadism originated with the Marquis de Sade. Many more are likely to surprise: maud lin is the old vernacular form of (Mary) Magdalene, usually pictured weeping: Jules Leotard was a 19th century trapeze artist; mausoleum derives from the tomb of "the wily satrap" Mausolus, in Turkey; and tawdry comes from the cheap souvenirs sold at the shrine of a 7th century Anglo-Saxon princess who was called St. Audrey...