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With the German economy still surging, officers and men feel underpaid. A full colonel earns about as much as a ski instructor; a master sergeant's pay about equals that of a cab driver. Moreover, a uniform provides no compensating psychic income to its wearer today. Determined not to repeat the mistakes of previous regimes that allowed the German army to become a state within the state, Bonn may have downgraded the postwar armed forces too far-the defense share of the federal budget has dropped from 28% in 1965 to 22.6% this year. Few soldiers wear their uniforms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: West Germany: The Orphan Army | 6/20/1969 | See Source »

...backstage, nor are they likely to show up at a restaurant or on the crosstown bus. The idea is not to shock the general public but to dress with taste among friends -at intime dinners and small cocktail parties-in clothes that do not fudge the fact that the wearer is a woman, but leave a certain something to the imagination...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Fashion: The Way of All Flesh | 5/16/1969 | See Source »

...female fascination with trousers is a little baffling. Yet they appear everywhere, in all sorts of styles and at all sorts of places. Some hang from the shoulders like 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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Problems in Pants | 4/18/1969 | See Source »

...spirits. Twentieth century woman complements her Gernreich with bangles to draw attention to the flesh beneath. Medieval and Renaissance lords and ladies lived between the two extremes. As God-fearing Christians, they embellished their wardrobes with sumptuous crucifixes and jeweled pendants rich with Christian imagery. Such emblems indulged the wearer's vanity, but also made manifest his faith...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Collectors: Emblems of Fervor | 4/4/1969 | See Source »

...European Shoe is constructed of grass and reed, bound up and wound around so that it may slip easily over the wearer's head...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Poetry: Combatting Society With Surrealism | 1/24/1969 | See Source »

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