Word: see-through
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...palms and aquamarine swimming pools laid out almost end to end. The crocodiles have given way to a rather more rapacious species - sharks capable of picking an unwary tourist's wallet to the bone in no time. Along the shore, multistoried luxury hotels and condominium apartments march like see-through Stonehenge slabs from the strip's south end to Bal Harbour in the north, constituting what one appalled Northerner calls "our grossest national product...
...stocked next to the Louis XV and Chippendale. But foremost among efforts to rejuvenate itself is the store's "Way In" boutique, where the Rolling Stones belt out background music. Since it opened last year, customers spent an astonishing $2.2 million on such way-out paraphernalia as see-through dresses and ties with tinkling jingle bells...
Eyebrow Plucking. Leader of the bareness-now, right now, school is still Rudi Gernreich, whose 1964 topless set off the exposure explosion. In his 1968 collection, he compromises slightly by using see-through vinyl to hold together the tops and bottoms of his bathing suits. He says: "Only the areas that must be covered are covered-with wool knit." But at least he concedes that coverable areas exist, which for Gernreich is something...
...Putting lace on a neckline that goes down to the navel is confusing and contradictory. It's a conflict of interest-sort of like wearing a see-through robe in the church choir. What's more, it's hard on the eyes...
...jewelry designer, David Webb. So he turns out 18-carat-gold chain belts, with pieces molded to resemble nuggets, worked into scrolls or encrusted with real emeralds, and made to double as necklaces. To draw attention to the newly bared midriffs, Costume Jeweler Leo Kepler has designed a lacy, see-through belt consisting of four widely spaced strands of gold. "If you want to be nice, you wear it at the waist," advises Kepler. "If you want to be naughty, you rest it on your hips...