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Word: wearers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...clear-rimmed sunglasses known as "owl" and "moon" glasses. Most novel are "nudie" glasses, designed by London's Bernard Kayman. Their lenses are tinted at the top, to protect against the sun and replace missing eye makeup. They are clear at the bottom, permitting men to see the wearer's eyes. "Men hate to look at women with dark shades. After all, eyes are one of the things that men look at," explains Kayman. They are, to be sure, part of the total work. But on second thought, what good girl-watcher wants to know that...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Stares in the Sun | 6/21/1968 | See Source »

...same one-shot membership fee of $7, Medic Alert will now issue bracelets or pendants stating that the wearer has declared his desire to do nate his heart, kidneys or other organs. A doctor with a dying patient wearing such a tag will phone collect to Medic Alert headquarters (the switchboard never closes) to find out what organs the patient specified for donation. The doctor can also get the name of the next of kin-from whom, under most present state laws, permission must still be sought. It will stm be up to both the doctor and Medic Alert...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Information Bank | 4/5/1968 | See Source »

...bandanna knotted around the throat. Francis Toscani, who designs Botany-brand suits for a Philadelphia clothing manufacturer, aimed for versatility: the pocket panels of his fitted lounging coat were attached by Velcro strips and could be removed to convert the coat into a short Eisenhower jacket, presumably enabling the wearer to rush from boudoir to battlefield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Man! | 3/1/1968 | See Source »

...pair of flowered, high-heeled shoes fitted into a box; the shoes in turn are on top of a pair of lipsticked girls who are also enclosed in a box. Woman from New York kids the Vogue ideal: a striped raincoat strides boldly across the paper-minus its wearer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Graphics: Crazy-Quilt Composer | 7/14/1967 | See Source »

...been able to produce minidresses with throbbing hearts and pulsating belly stars, as well as pants with flashing vertical side seams and horizontal bands that march up and down the legs in luminous sequence. "They're hyperdelic transsensory experiences," says Diana. Potentiometers on the battery pack allow the wearer to produce from one to twelve flashes per second. The batteries themselves can be recharged by being plugged in, just like an electric toothbrush, and at full strength are good for five hours of flashing. "If a girl wants to flash for ten hours, she'll have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Turn On, Turn Off | 1/20/1967 | See Source »

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