Word: wearingly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Many parents are outraged. They ar gue that young girls should not wear any kind of earrings, let alone a type that might permanently scar their ear lobes. Other parents point out that in order to hide the hole, most of the girls wear their earrings all the time, even when they look ridiculous. Comments the headmistress of a boarding school in Lake Forest, Ill.: "Earrings are fine for parties and dates, but not for bending over algebra...
Injury & Insult. In keeping with the new nationalism, Kim permits women to wear colorful national costume rather than pajama-style uniforms; men wear Western-style suits. Even the Peking-to-Pyongyang railroad is "Koreanized" when it clatters across the Yalu into North Korea: the Chinese dining car is unhitched and replaced by one serving spicy Korean kimchi...
...began with a few California surfers who could sew. The girls had imported bright, flowery muu muus from Hawaii to wear after surfing. But muu muus were originally thought up by missionaries to cover up the exposed breasts of the native women. The kids trimmed off the excess material, accentuated the bodice for trim fit, slit the skirt for free movement, and finished it all off with yards of ruffles and flourishes. When enough of the home-grown variety showed up on the street, store buyers decided it was a fad worth cashing in on. Selling...
...Angeles, grannies have become de rigueur for dates and general after-school wear. "They are a good change from Capris and a top for parties," says 20-year-old Gail Eckles. "They make you feel so dressed up," added 14-year-old Cathy Milligan, who owns three of them. "It's a study in contrast," explained one designer. "The kids go from the wild, wild short dresses to the neat little granny." Another observer has a better theory: "The kids want it because it is something mother won't copy...
...turnaround is largely the result of prolonged prosperity, which not only gives men more money to spend but makes them more conscious of their appearance. "The middle to higher income groups now need a larger wardrobe," says Nicholas Parker, Genesco Inc.'s president for men's wear (Fenn-Feinstein, Roger Kent, Whitehouse & Hardy). This means a more expensive wardrobe: more men now buy suits in the $90 to $150 range, pay $6 or $8 for slacks when they used to pay $4. Leisure time and suburban sociability have caused a sportswear explosion; 125 million pairs of slacks were...