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...wore toupees were once as few and far between as the strands of their own hair. To the wearer it was all a matter of secrecy and shame, and to onlookers a cause for thunderous hilarity; the next best thing to seeing a man slip on a banana peel was watching the wind lift the wig off his glittering skull. Neither disgraceful nor comic any more, toupees are big business in the U.S. today. They are worn not only by matinee idols whose afternoons are fast fading into dusk, but also by many a man who lost his comb...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Does He or Doesn't He? | 1/25/1963 | See Source »

...colored tights wheeled through supermarkets with daughters swinging similarly bestockinged legs out of shopping carts. Because stretch tights have a way of making almost any shape look more shapely, because they are as warming as the hottest toddy, and because, in the private reflection of her bedroom mirror, their wearer is the sexiest thing going, there is hardly a woman around who does not own a pair...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Warm & Tight | 1/4/1963 | See Source »

...from going any farther, sportswear designers have reinstated the one-piece suit. But with a difference. This year it is "the shiny wet look." Fashioned of black materials that are plastic-smooth and neon-bright-vinyl patent, stretch satin, and glistening nylon -the suits look dripping wet before the wearer touches toe to sea, thereby saving her the horror of actually going through with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Cool for a Hot Climate | 12/14/1962 | See Source »

...saved Dick Tracy from many a nasty comic-strip scrape. Cartoonist Chester Gould now plans to move the contraption off the drawing board and onto the wrists of Tracy fans everywhere. The radio comes in two pieces-a 9-volt power pack with aerial that hooks onto the wearer's belt, and a receiver-microphone for the wrist-and permits its owner to send messages up to 700 ft. Price for a single unit: about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Home: New Products | 10/5/1962 | See Source »

...have been approved by various state authorities; yet despite the wide choice it is still difficult to find a belt fit for children up to the age of six. What the kids really need is a sturdy harness that can be anchored to the floor but will leave the wearer free to squirm and move in any direction except forward...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Seat Belts & Safety | 8/24/1962 | See Source »

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