Word: twill
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...farmer's overalls; others hug the hips like an Italian gigolo, or stick to the thighs as if the wearer had just emerged from a shower. In denim and khaki, they go to student protests and love-ins; in lace, they go to dinner and the theater; in twill and flannel, they even go to the office...
...with a jeweled belt before it hit the runway. In five days the store sold copies of more than 400 dresses ($90 to $175) and 300 coats ($160 to $495), plus hundreds of shoes and berets. Favorite accessory: a six-foot-long floating Isadora Duncan sea of bias silk twill. One item too special for mass reproduction: Valentino's hand-painted stockings, which sell Rome for $50 a pair. Reason, said Lord & Taylor, is that they are too fragile and too perishable...
...speaks of my Government and my army and my taxes. The Presidential Seal has been emblazoned on his twill ranch jackets, his cowboy boots, his cuff links, even on plastic drinking cups...
...offset smugness. "Our custom department gathers the finest of fabrics for every type of wear. We are famous for maintaining expertise of the highest order in cutting and journeyman tailoring to individual order." Sure. All that hoary tradition. Sir, would you like to look at our Steep Rib Cavalry Twill pants or West of England Poacher's Tweeds? I see, sir. Well, here's our British Warm in the Snug British Officer Double Breasted style. The Crombie Pebble Finish is especially nice...
...side by side with the Aussies "in the trenches," battling the Japanese. Finally, at a Texas-sized barbecue (1,200 lbs. of steak, 800 double lamb chops, and strawberry ice cream in kangaroo-shaped molds) outside Canberra, the President turned up in full Western rancher's regalia-brown twill trousers, brown shirt, brown tie, brown jacket with brown leather presidential seal, cowboy boots and tan Stetson. The 750 guests, dressed in business suits and garden-party dresses, were slightly jarred by the sight...