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...stereotype of the dowdy, pennywise seamstress, today's home sewer is youthful and fashion-hungry. The average age of the Ms. who makes her own clothes has dropped in the past few years from 47 to 23. Surveys show that 85% of all teen-age girls now sew. Many of them, like Sharon Sikora of Oak Lawn, Ill., do so for the obvious reason: "I want clothes that are different." Home economics classes, long known for their "horrible aprons and dumb blouses" (as one graduate put it), now feature smarter getups, from pantsuits to prom gowns. One Park Forest...
Economy is still a big reason why women sew. But an increasing number of home seamstresses-over half of whom have incomes of $10,000 and up -find other advantages as well. Bib Neiman, 30, whose father owns women's clothing stores in Illinois and Kentucky, used to get all her clothes free, "but they never really fit me." Now she sews for herself and her husband and is even learning to weave her own fabrics and spin her own yarn. "I think we need to return to a more primitive way of doing things," she says. "When...
Linda Hackett, wife of a New York oil executive, taught herself to sew several years ago when she couldn't find pants for her long-legged, size-8 frame. Soon she began designing her own slacks-and got more than a good fit for her efforts. One day at the beach, a Saks Fifth Avenue buyer spotted Linda in a pair of sleek white slacks and signed her up to design a line of sports clothes for the store...
...McGovern's primary victory in New York seemed to sew things up; the Democrats could only harm their prospects by denying McGovern the nomination now. Kennedy stood down, even though he is known to be mildly irritated at the McGovern camp for spreading the word that Kennedy was ready to endorse their man whenever an endorsement would be useful...
...candidates have refused to say much more than that they ought to go down. Not some of this year's Democratic hopefuls. Edmund Muskie, George McGovern and Hubert Humphrey have either proposed or endorsed surprisingly detailed tax reforms that would cancel many benefits now enjoyed by U.S. companies, sew up loopholes used by the rich, and probably increase the tax bill of almost everyone with an income above $12,500. The Democrats are making tax reform a big, sharp campaign issue...