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Word: loungewear (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1984-1984
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...with deliberately parodistic fantasies. There were gauzy see-through gossamers over checked bikini briefs for men; hiya-big-boy bathing suits for women that transform breasts into medium-range ballistic missiles; and sarongs for everyone. But there were also roomy, temperate suits for both sexes, and a selection of loungewear and splendor-in-the-grass sunsuits that managed to be forthrightly sexy without turning coy. It was shrewd and prototypical Gaultier; in short: clothes for yucks and clothes for bucks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: The New Bad Boys of Fashion | 10/29/1984 | See Source »

...this take). But material from the second session with Williams and another woman is enough to take the starch out of anyone's shirt, even the Playboy Bunny's. One of the minor amusements of this whole episode was the sight of Hugh Hefner, swathed in silk loungewear, being interviewed on the Today show show and expressing concern for Williams' career. "The single victim in all of this was the young woman herself, whose right to make this decision was taken away from her. If she wanted to make this kind of statement, that would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: There She Goes, Miss America | 8/6/1984 | See Source »

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