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...Hollywood, Lana Turner, who did her bit to make the public sweater-conscious, poured her well-known curves into a different mold, gave photographers a new waistline pose. Trussed almost breathless in a Gay Nineties corset, Lana said: "Girls with hourglass figures set off by those tiny waists had the right idea if beau-catching was their idea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Discoveries & Disclosures | 2/4/1952 | See Source »

ALTHOUGH Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt's background is New York and Social Register, he was born in England ("I think mother miscalculated") and he has spent much of his 39 years working, in slacks and sweater, around horses. He lasted through only a year and a half of Yale, and then quit because he thought he knew what he wanted-"Fortunately I was right; I wanted race track...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Personality, Jan. 28, 1952 | 1/28/1952 | See Source »

...well as marijuana). In the lower Bronx, the dope users are classed by age as "seniors" (16-18 years), "juniors" (13-15), and "midgets" (11-12). They buy from peddlers who refuse to sell to anyone older than 18 lest he turn out to be a detective. ¶ Sweaters have been bursting into flame all over the country. The phenomenon began about a month ago in Los Angeles when an auto driver's sweater took fire as he lit a cigarette. By last week a score of similar cases had been reported as far east as New England; there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MANNERS & MORALS: Americana | 1/21/1952 | See Source »

...sweater-bar at CORCORAN'S in the Square offers the solution to your Xmas problem; the classic short-sleeved pullover in wonderful soft wool. The one pictured above is a Scotch-Nap creation at $4.95. It comes in natural, yellow, blues, green and other rich warm shades. Corcoran's also offers a large selection of long-sleeved pullovers and cardigans by famous makers. For those with more expensive tastes there are luxurious cashmeres to choose from...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Gift Suggestions | 12/18/1951 | See Source »

...disillusion set in as soon as Lana saw herself in her first movie, They Won't Forget. She was cast as a sweatered Southern belle who drifted through one speechless scene. "A Thing," Lana recalls, "walked slowly down the street, then away. She wore a tight sweater and her breasts bounced as she walked ... a tight skirt and her buttocks bounced . . . She moved sinuously, undulating fore and aft . . . She was the motive for the entire picture . . . the girl who got raped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Life of a Sweater Girl | 11/26/1951 | See Source »

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