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...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...

Author: By Mary Humes and Rebecca J. Joseph, S | Title: Raccoon Coats to Atari Games: A Century's Worth of Shopping | 12/16/1982 | See Source »

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...

Author: By Mary F. Cliff, | Title: 'Costumes to Bands and Coats to Professors' | 11/16/1982 | See Source »

...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...

Author: By Daniel S. Benjamin, | Title: Semper Ubi Sub Ubi | 9/28/1982 | See Source »

...very names evoke the lore and challenge of a classic individual sport: the Dee, the Tay, the Tweed. These famous fishing rivers of Scotland attract some 50,000 anglers a year, most of them lured by hopes of hooking the combative, and tasty, Atlantic salmon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Scotland: Decline of the Atlantic Salmon | 8/30/1982 | See Source »

...diva who now runs the New York City Opera: "There is a growing strength in women, but it's in the forehead, not the forearm. Men will always be attracted to women with nice soft arms and a fleshy bosom." Playboy magazine's 1982 Playmate of the Year, Shannon Tweed, is about the same height and weight as Mariel Hemingway, but her contours are different ? in the soft lines and curves that her beau, Publisher Hugh Hefner, finds so attractive. She will not try to change: "I think you can get too muscular. I'm not the jealous type...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The New Ideal Of Beauty | 8/30/1982 | See Source »

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