Word: turtlenecks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...home construction, a similar improvement is likely in the sales of such durable goods as major household appliances and home furnishings. With soft goods already running strong (this year's Christmas gift favorites include such items as lime-scented shaving lotions, textured hose and men's turtleneck sweaters) retail sales rung up during 1968 could increase by as much...
Palladin strutted back and forth, resplendent in black vest, white turtleneck and shoulder-length black hair. He reads poetry in Village coffeehouses. His poetry had been confiscated. "I'm running for mayor," he announced in his nasal voice. "And at the last minute I'm going to throw my suport to Hayes and blow the voters' minds. They'll all vote against...
Paper Terrier. When the taping is over, Johnny has a Coke or Michelob, slips into a turtleneck jersey and a cardigan, then, to avoid the ambush of autograph hounds, takes a side elevator down and makes a fast getaway in his waiting limousine. From then on, he writes his own script-one he likes to keep a closed book. Sometimes it is an open ledger. The Chicago Tribune paid him $25,000 for a 14-part syndicated interview series just completed last week. A top editor of the Trib concedes that its penetration was "pretty thin...
...Turtleneck sweaters have long been a staple for winter sportsmen, as well as an indispensable part of the beatnik uniform. The reasons for their popularity are obvious: they look trim and they eliminate the bother of a necktie. They are now being worn with blazers and sports coats to the office (among advertising art directors, the turtleneck has virtually become a uniform). At some small Manhattan parties, half the men now show up in turtlenecks...
...popular are the sweaters that Manhattan's Bonwit Teller has repeatedly sold out its Pierre Cardin version, at $30 and $37.50, to such customers as Steve McQueen, Jason Robards Jr. and Paul Newman. Cardin, the designer most responsible for the trend, insists that the turtleneck is appropriate for any occasion, provided that the suit it is worn with is "modern"-by which he means a suit designed with a high-cut jacket. The style horrifies restaurant headwaiters, who are still weathering the onslaught of women in pants suits. But it appeals strongly to brolly males on both sides...