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...sort of suit that Mao was dressed in, with various shades of dark gray. The women wore similar gray pants with short, colored, brocade tops. They posed an interesting contrast to the other women in the room--overseas Chinese and Americans. Some of the female guests wore brightly colored satin while other donned Chinese jade; none was in pants...

Author: By Anna Simons, | Title: A New China For the New Year | 1/5/1979 | See Source »

...promo men (who make up almost half of the company's 68 employees) after giving them a Sunday-night pep talk on the phone that one trade-paper publisher compared to "listening to Vince Lombardi." As a breed, record promo men look like blow-dry Willy Lomans. Dressed in satin warmup jackets that hype the latest company acts, they hunker down for long sessions with program directors of radio stations all over the country, pushing the product, offering occasional sweeteners that can range from free T shirts to gram bottles of coke. But, says Radio & Records Editor and Publisher...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Man Who Sells the Sizzle | 12/25/1978 | See Source »

Klemesrud aside for a moment, some credit is due to Esquire for a cover and cover story which has the potential to stir up the much-bedraggled women's movement. It's not so much the picture of Patti Hensen, hands on hips and bust wrapped in tight purple satin ("The next poster queen"), that might startle serious readers of the traditionally male-oriented magazine. Rather it is the stupidly stated fact this is "The year of the Lusty Woman--It's all right to be a sex object again...

Author: By Laurie Hays, | Title: Recycling a Bad Idea | 12/13/1978 | See Source »

...Satin Shorts vs. Fatigues

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 9, 1978 | 10/9/1978 | See Source »

Arriving in San Francisco after having spent the past two years on an isolated Army post, I was unaware of the social status running [Sept. 11] had attained. This innocence led to alienation when I declined all invitations to "go run in the park." Not only did I lack satin shorts and expensive sneakers, I did not speak jog-ese. Here I've been, dressed in fatigues and combat boots, double-timing in platoon formation without realizing the social significance of my actions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Oct. 9, 1978 | 10/9/1978 | See Source »

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