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Word: lurex (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Usage:

...socks come in just about every hue and mix and material imaginable. Some striped jobs look like pousse-café or rugby sweaters gone south; others come in cable knits and heathery cottons. There are jacquard knits, woolens in every shade from bubble-gum pink to moonstone gray and Lurex numbers aglitter with specks of gold and silver...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: The Layered Look for Legs | 9/12/1977 | See Source »

...fall line-up eschewed traditional blues, browns and grays in favor of the baby pinks, brilliant yellows and other bright pastels usually reserved for spring. To top off the show, Smith's 19-year-old sister Doris diddy-bopped out in a 1972 bridal outfit: a strapless white Lurex gown worn with a white fake-fur jacket and a gauzy veil with a feather stuck in the side...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Soul on Seventh Avenue | 8/7/1972 | See Source »

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