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...contest to single out the single most useless item of apparel, the necktie wins in a walk. At best, it adds a modest splash of color to the Adam's apple; at worst, it makes a wearer appear to have been the recent victim of a mad tracheotomist. But with the coming of high-heeled shoes and shoulder purses for men, it seemed impossible that the ladies would not strike back. Now they have: in the gilded salons of Manhattan, London and Paris, the flouncy belles of yesteryear are turning out in man-tailored jackets, fly-front trousers...
...Bryn Mawr matrons can be separated only at gunpoint from their cherished cashmere twin sets, and skiers have always been attached to bright, bulky, over-everything pullovers. Generally, however, sweater styles run in cycles, tight-fitting then bulky, and the current trend favors the very slim-for both the wearer and the worn. The baggy Shetlands of the '50s, for example, are now rarely in evidence. "It's the European fit we see now," says New York City Designer Stan Herman. "Much of it comes from the French and the Italians...
...early 1960s found that they could produce the fabric with polyester. This was made possible by a process called texturizing, which twists the smooth synthetic filaments into curls that give them bulk and resiliency. Polyester double knits are comfortably light, and they stretch easily with the movements of the wearer. Moreover, they resist wrinkling, even when slept in. The new fabric quickly transformed millions of buyers of woven cloth into double knit pickers...
...patch messages concern sex. Appliqués allow the wearer to spell out practically anything that he is concerned with at the moment-peace, pot or politics. There are patches reading WORK FOR PEACE and some in the shape of doves and peace symbols. Others portray the Black Panther fist salute, the Puerto Rican flag and a Chicago police badge. One of the more elaborate looks like a marijuana plant and is inscribed with the slogan...
Adjusted to the eye color of the wearer and programmed to ignore such involuntary actions as blinking, the switch allows the user to start, stop and reverse his wheelchair by practiced movements of his left eye, and to turn it by moving his right. Currently being tested at a veterans' hospital in New York City and rehabilitation centers in Los Angeles and Houston, the Sight Switch -which costs $700 to $900-is remarkably easy to operate, even for the untrained. As one built-in safety feature, the computer is programmed to switch off the motor and bring the chair...