Word: underdressed
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...since you know you're going, some thoughts for the night. Underdress before you overdress, anyday. No spangles or rhinestones without accompanying mohawk. Lipstick must never match the dress, unless both are fire-engine red. Then you must wear matching nail polish as well. Never go to a hairdresser for an event that calls itself a formal, and just say no to nude stockings. As for the gown itself, well, bubble skirts are ironic. Puffy sleeves...
...that Tsibliyev looked positively jaunty. Instead of his usual rumpled jumpsuit, the commander was wearing his stiffer, more formal dress jumpsuit. The fabric no doubt itched, but Tsibliyev was a pilot first, and today he had a piece of flying to do. He wasn't about to underdress for the occasion...
...which Max Nohl made last week's record dive was designed by himself, with the aid of Captain John Craig, a writer, lecturer and explorer who had invented a successful undersea camera. The suit is of rubber and weighs, with helmet, shoes and weights, 200 Ib. An underdress of heavy fleece wool and waterproof canvas is worn inside, the rubber canvas trousers, with pockets, outside. The helmet is cylindrical, has a glass window ⅜ in. thick all the way around, so that the diver has as wide an angle of vision as he can turn his head...
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