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...went shopping last week in anticipation of her husband's return. She bought herself a light blue dress to wear for the reunion, bottles of the "best French champagne and perfume" and, for a man who used to play a good game of tennis, a Rod Laver tennis sweater. "I've taken it up since he's been gone, and now I hope we can play together...
...shoppers, who stashed away an extraordinarily high share of their income during the recession, are unloading some of it on almost every kind of merchandise. In clothing, says Lee Abraham, merchandising chief of the May department stores, "we are calling this the year of the sweater," because of the now popular "layered look"-calling for sleeveless pullovers to be worn on top of regular sweaters and other multiple-sweater combinations. The strong housing market of the past two years has opened the door to more home-furnishing sales, which the National Retail Merchants Association estimates have risen 13% from last...
That may sound hard to believe, but think how Dickey Lee felt when he found his sweater lying on top of that gravestone...
Although standing around in the cold for two hours is not my idea of fun, this Saturday's contest will be so hotly contested that it might be worth that extra sweater and the sore feet. The Quakers, presently ranked third in the nation, are undefeated in eight games and are the defending Ivy champions. Harvard, with a 6-0 record, and a number five national ranking, is sky high and primed for an upset. The Game of the Century? Maybe not, but, weather permitting, the game of the year...
...bathing suit was a typical Gernreichian prank - and it drew plenty of publicity. When he unveiled his spring line in New York City last week, Gernreich brought the house down with a four-sleeved dress. It was a takeoff on the old - and newly fashionable - custom of draping a sweater over the shoulders and tying the sleeves loosely round the neck. On the Gernreich number, only the sweater sleeves exist; sewed to the shoulders of the dress, they can be tied stylishly in front...