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...colored and decorated with cartoon characters (Mickey Mouse), symbols of dissent (a marijuana plant) or simple slogans (Fly the Friendly Skies of Cambodia), the shirts are a bright new trend for the kids-and the Over-30s too. Much more than other clothing, they are designed to convey the wearer's feelings. Hearts on sleeves are no longer necessary; now the message is right out front...
...imprinted with a properly located life-size photo of a pair of breasts. Optimists can don a shirt featuring a rainbow with a slice of pie-pie in the sky, of course. A satin applique style shows a country cabin with smoke curling toward the sky, signifying that the wearer wants to get away from...
Bedtime Story. The Klein "speech rectifier" includes a tiny microphone that is worn over the larynx. Activated by the wearer's voice, the mike turns on a pocket-size generator that transmits the sound of gently rushing water to receivers plugged into the ears. While he is speaking, the wearer hears the waterfall, which muffles the full range of his voice. As soon as he stops speaking, the device automatically turns...
...million a year in the U.S." Los Angeles Orthopedic Expert Dr. Robert Kerlan is an outspoken opponent of the bracelet boom. "It's asinine, ridiculous and of no value whatsoever," he says, and warns that the bracelet may actually be harmful "in that it keeps a wearer from getting proper diagnosis." He admits only that "it might be a good thing for the dermatologists, though-all those wrists turned green." Some doctors are tolerant. "As long as you think it helps and you don't bother me," Hollywood Columnist Sidney Skolsky's physician told...
...Hair-Anew" surgically attaches the piece to the scalp with half a dozen individual loops or sutures of Teflon-coated wire. "Medi-Hair" weaves the sutures in and out in a basting pattern; its $1,000 job is supposedly permanent. In one ad, a "Medi-Hair" wearer is shown hanging upside down with a 12-lb. weight attached...