Word: schiaparelli
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Schiaparelli of the stretch pants is snowy-haired Maria Bogner, 47, stunning wife of former German Olympic Ski Star Willy Bogner. In 1950, after Bogner's release as a prisoner of war (he had been an SS lieutenant), Willy and Maria bought a small factory just south of Munich, started making and selling sportswear. One day a salesman arrived with a bolt of a Swiss-patented kink-nylon and wool-yarn fabric called Helanca. It stretched up, down and sideways, then sprang miraculously back into shape. Maria ordered some and set about turning it into ski pants. Still svelte...