Word: tunic
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Simple Sandals. Ho's body, inside a glass coffin, was clad in a khaki tunic. At his feet was another glass box, containing the rubber sandals fashioned from used tires that symbolized his ascetic style. Behind the coffin were black-fringed national and party flags. "Hanoi mourns," reported North Viet Nam's news agency, "with its theaters, cinemas and other recreation places closed or vacant. No songs, no laughter...
...Such top restaurants as Chasen's in Los Angeles and the Colony in Manhattan, both of which used to ban pants from their premises, no longer turn them away. Arriving at New York's 21 last month, Comedienne Judy Carne of Laugh-In well knew that her tunic-topped pants suit was unacceptable. With a photographer recording the scene, Judy thereupon slipped off her pants, left them at the checkroom, and stalked past the maitre d' suitably dressed in her tunic only-in fact, the miniest of miniskirts. Next day the restaurant stopped barring pants...
...moviegoer over the age of 30 has memories of Morocco. Of Humphrey Bogart, explaining his presence in Casablanca: "I came for the waters. I was misinformed." Or Gary Cooper as Beau Geste, with ketchup all over his Foreign Legion tunic, dying bravely in defense of the Late Show and his papier-mâché fort. And there were Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, singing as they set out on the road to Dorothy Lamour...
Most of the products are made in the country where sold, primarily to avoid import duties. An aide handles administrative details while Cardin-often dressed in a white turtleneck sweater, black felt tunic and wide leather belt-creates. He designs all Cardin-labeled clothing but not all of the accessories, though they have his "approval." His prices run about one-fifth as high as the originals; among the copies, men's suits sell for $175 and up, belts for $10 to $25 and shirts...
...Fashion, Scott had sent 14 models swirling down the runway wearing flower-printed jersey in every shade of pink imaginable, from begonia, bougainvillea and poinsettia to lobster, raspberry, strawberry and watermelon. The designer called the look "hippie gypsy," and it included tiny bra tops covered by bolero jackets, Hungarian tunic blouses combined with tights or flowing midiskirts and curly hairdos bound up with kerchiefs. Jewels glinted from every ear, finger, neck, wrist, waist and ankle. Scott's version of this year's costume look was the hit of the show; it was also evidence that Scott, five years...