Word: poncho
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...career of her own in modeling. The long-limbed Manhattan schoolgirl began as a model for Maximilian Furs at age 14, and her slim beauty has been in demand ever since. Last week she spent primary day modeling the collection of Ben Kahn, which included a wild Tibetan yak poncho. But Margie admits that she is still a bit young for such plumage, and told reporters that she was "glad to get back into my own clothes"-hip-huggers and an Army sergeant major's jacket...
...Passed Nudists. The idea began in Seattle. In 1963, Philanthropist Paul Friedlander united the city's various cultural fund-raising operations under the name PONCHO (Patrons of Northwest Culture Organizations), then raised $111,000 by auctioning off animals, art, jewelry and a caboose. Seattle's PONCHO auction has become an annual affair (this year's net: $171,550), and Friedlander on his own time and money has traveled the country advising other...
...young feeling infected even Balenciaga, who at 72 is considered the Michelangelo of the trade. The master put his hostesses in white stretch pants under taupe chiffon or gold lamé topped by an ermine poncho. Sauciest fillip was a see-through chiffon muumuu worn over a flesh-colored skintight jump suit. And Pierre Cardin exposed his pound of flesh through circular cutouts scattered at strategic points on his dresses -here at the collarbone, there smack dab over the navel. He also wolfishly evoked Little Red Riding Hood, with dozens of furry capped capes...
Rougher landscapes, like Northwestern, demand a fashion staple like a poncho, a tentlike affair that lends a certain army-surplus charm to fragile freshmen huddled beneath. University of Wisconsin girls wear headbands instead of scarves, are so addicted to sandals that a local shoe repairman declared himself a sandal-maker and set up shop a thong's throw from campus. For trips to town, the newest thing is a suit with culotte-like pants instead of a skirt. There is also, unaccountably, a sudden passion for pierced ears among otherwise sensible girls in the Ivy League area (four...
Boylston Street was practically deserted. We reached Memorial Drive and a few hardy souls elustered at the light. One guy kept muttering "This is ridiculous, this is ridiculous" as we crossed the street. I looked at Susan. She was smiling; she looked like my little brother in that poncho...