Word: wools
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Among other items in nationwide short supply and fierce demand in this killing winter are woolen underwear, blankets (wool and electric), flannel shirts, wool socks, parkas, mittens, gloves, mufflers, ski pants, goggles, hand warmers, car batteries, weather stripping, calking guns, firewood, woodburning stoves, electric heaters, and radios with the weather band that tells you how frightful today is going...
Dressing warmly is mainly a matter of insulation-of trapping body heat. Loggers who work Maine's north woods wear up to ten layers of loose-fitting clothes. Next to themselves, they like old-fashioned woolen union suits best. They wear heavy wool pants and, topside, pile on sweatshirts, sweaters, flannel shirts, insulated vests, jackets and parkas. They encase hands in leather mittens with wool liners, feet in two pairs of socks and heavy felt liners and rubber boots that do not leak heat. Some people sandwich a plastic bag between two pairs of socks...
...residents and all other serious outdoorsmen know well, simply heaping on clothes brings on the sweats-and the sweat can swiftly freeze. The best bottom-line investment (for about $18) is a thermal -meaning it traps the air-underwear with an inner lining of moisture-absorbent cotton topped with wool, cotton and nylon. On top the urban survivor wears a flannel shirt, a cashmere sweater or a goose-down vest, a tweed jacket, a muffler, mittens (which allow fingers to warm each other) and a heavy overcoat. On the assumption that the 8:30 a.m. train to town will...
Rompollo, 40, says Mrs. Carter prefers "a beautiful, covered look, not too much fuss or too many frills." With that in mind, he has also created her swearing-in togs: an understated wool dress with a fitted waist and slightly flared skirt, a classic wool coat and a fringed wool shawl. All are in a rich blue-green Rompollo calls "Rosalynn green...
...Inaugural platform. Mrs. Mondale will be wearing a wool skirt and sweater-like jacket of fire-engine red. with a matching overcoat. The contrast with Rosalynn green may be striking. But the costume styling of both women will be functional and a bit, well, conventional. For the people's Inauguration of the avowed no-nonsense new Administration, it should be perfect...