Word: tweeds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...very clear that I'm a very different creature than most of them expected-they expected a pipe-smoking guy in a tweed jacket," he said in a recent interview in his modern, half decorated office...
...other feels pain and weeps. They infuriate their father by conversing in a private language. Lewis explains: "It's the language of the angels. We were born with it." Their adoring mother tries to discourage their odd sense of joint identity: "She bought them Sunday suits-gray tweed for Lewis and blue serge for Benjamin. They wore them for half an hour, then sneaked off and came back wearing each other's jacket. They persisted in sharing everything. They even split their sandwiches in two, and swapped the halves...
...softwool pullover sweaters for $4.95. Also popular were Harvard cocktail shakers and glasses for $21.00 a dozen, and sporty suspenders for $5.00--all of which could fit into the corner of a suitcase. The perfect gift for Miss Radcliffe '55 was a mixed and matched set of cashmere and tweed. This classic outfit, sold for under $35, consisted of a long-sleeved cardigan and a skirt boasting a "kick-pleat to aid that mad dash to class...
Although many of the stores sell the same items, such as Harris tweed jackets and tuxedo trousers, each has an allure of its own, customers...
...elite private schools will shop for their under things at the very cheapest department stores in order to declare their independence from the accepted norms. Some will wear "Daddy's discards"--stretched out and sufficiently worn hand-me-down underwear. This will replace the traditional passing-on-of-the-tweed-jacket ritual. Less-wealthy students, on the other hand, will spend inordinate amounts of cash on top-of-the-line underwear in an effort to secure their class position...