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...fanatic, has already hinted that he may relax, though not repeal, the imposition of Islamic law. One immediate example: last week government television screened a Middle Eastern version of a Las Vegas nightclub act, complete with gyrating Lebanese dancers and a blond Syrian songstress who wore a sleeveless dress...
...regime of Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini has tried to ensure that Iran is contaminated by no joy, no color and no foreign culture. Morals police patrol the country publicly abusing or sometimes arresting women with even a trace of makeup. Men are not permitted to wear sleeveless shirts. "In the view of the Islamic Republic," says one Iranian, "a happy face deserves no hearing...
Wrangler, the jeansmaker, in January will begin selling its Wrapid Transit collection of break-dancing fashions in red, purple, blue and black. The twill pants ($25) will be loosely tailored in the legs and reinforced in the seat and knees. The jackets ($30) will be sleeveless, with six pockets. Van Doren Rubber of Anaheim, Calif, has produced a special red-black-and-white version of its Vans wrestling shoe ($32), designed for break dancing's fast footwork...
...young man in East L.A.'s scruffy old Maravilla barrio calls himself Diablo. He wears a sleeveless T shirt, so his tattoos are plain. Diablo, 23, spends most of his free time hanging out with a few fellow members of the Lopez-Maravilla gang. They look tough. But at a meeting in a tool shed late last month, they were mostly concerned with planning an upcoming rummage sale. There are some 300 Mexican youth gangs in L.A., and many are violent drug users: police say 260 homicides last year were gang related...
Clothes may make the man after all. At least, a sweater may warm up his image. CBS Anchorman Dan Rather, 50, who had struck some viewers as chilly after the avuncular Walter Cronkite, took to wearing a sleeveless, V-necked pullover on his newscasts some three months ago. Perhaps not so coincidentally, he has since reclaimed Cronkite's traditional top spot ahead of NBC and ABC. Says Rather: "God knows what would happen if you put a ring in your nose." Without going that far, Rather is prepared to stay bundled up through the summer. "If it takes wearing...