Word: taffeta
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Taffeta & Hair Shirts. Lucrezia never poisoned anybody - at least so far as Author Bellonci knows. The other crimes laid at her door were all the work of her brother Cesare or, in some cases, of Pope Alexander. At Ferrara, where she spent the last 17 years of her life, she won the affections of the court and the townspeople by her pleasantness in good times, and her bravery in bad. But even there, she did not escape trouble. She soon found herself in the middle of a family squabble, when one of her husband's brothers had gouged...
Toward the end of her life, after her father and brother had died, Lucrezia turned to religion. She wore a hair shirt underneath her taffeta, and in 1518 joined an order of the laity, the Third Order of St. Francis...
...Perhaps the most popular item in the 'Cliffe wardrobe is the wool dress. While Vassar and Wellesley appear in black satin and taffeta, the Radcliffe girl generally finds that she spends a more comfortable day in a dressy wool. This also enables her to spend it without girdle. Wools are softly flared, with long, batwing, or pushable sleeves...
...jersey substitute. Used for cuffs, collars or buttons, camel color with mink trim leads the field, with rabbit hair, angora and black fox following. Most of these are detachable and can be switched from outfit to outfit. Such an outfit is considered just as chic as a favorite black taffeta or velvet...
...Haiti. Dry-cleaning has cleared the way for two big mass-production tailoring shops in Port-au-Prince. Five haberdasheries have opened, and five more dry-cleaners have followed Jimmy into business. Women's ready-to-wear shops have mushroomed. Haiti's women now dress in rayon, taffeta and wool...