Word: velour
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...thing, a decade ago fake-fur coats were lumpy modacrylic numbers that clever designers dismissed as "mama coats," garments that conservative women bought to keep out the cold. Now refined techniques allow realistic animal patterns to be printed on more vibrant and active fabrics, such as Lycra, stretch velour and even sheer silk mousseline...
Opening the door to the sleek black limousine reveals an elaborate dashboard, blue velour interior, and the proud grins of seniors Marc A. Elvy, Robert E. Brown, and Alan B. Langerman, who recently purchased the 1975 Cadillac Fleetwood...
Ronald Reagan and Walter Mondale were among those invited who forgot to R.S.V.P., but nobody seemed to miss them. Pete Swider, from Hamtramck, Mich., vowed to eliminate crime by issuing federal credit cards to all 18-to 21-year-olds. Wearing a blue velour jogging suit and a gold feather headdress, Chief Rufus Thunderberg, a self-proclaimed Indian leader from Connecticut, worried about an imminent energy crisis. His solution: emergency methane production. Instead of distributing surplus cheese to the hungry, the Administration, according to Thunderberg, should provide baked beans. William Allen Camps warned that an enemy power has been tampering...
...women on the far side of 45 stand next to each other before the washbasins, excavating makeup from the inside corners of their eyes. Vision restored, they notice they are wearing the same velour jogging suit. The turquoise version is from Pasadena, Calif., the deep pink from Evanston, Ill. Imagine that! Instant sisterhood. Evanston, who is in real estate and relaxes by playing the slots, says, "Have you got one of those rooms with the round bed and the mirror on the ceiling? Just out of curiosity, I asked the bellboy what it would cost me to get some company...
...well because of the plot, which combines a serious drama with dashes of brittle good-humor. Paulie's rather limited vocabulary and satire of the lifestyle of small-time gangsters. New York City is the colorful setting for the film, which features scenes of the gritty city rooftops, velour interiors, and the all-too-appropriate music of Frank Sinatra...