Word: jumpsuit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Like peacoats, jeans, sweatshirts and other upwardly mobile work clothes, jumpsuits have become fashionable because they are functional. Comfortable in action, they are "one-stop" attire, as easy to don as to doff. "After packing separates in a suitcase most of the summer weekends, I found that I spent the whole day in my jumpsuit," explained a young New York shopper last week. "Then I ended up just adding a scarf at night. A jumpsuit is such easy dressing. It does as much as a well-tailored pair of pants to make you look dramatic...
...jumpsuit fad began in Paris and was brought to the U.S. by models who had attended last fall's fashion shows. The first Paris designer to bring back a high-fashion jumpsuit was Yves Saint Laurent, whose collection for fall included jumps in classic poplin ($205), a black acrylic with drawstring waist ($375) and a turtleneck number ($355). A nationwide bestseller is Victor Joris' self-belted gabardine suit with pleated pants ($110); in all, some 600 stores have ordered 38,000 Joris jumps. One of the most popular numbers, though, is the inexpensive Esso suit, a loose overall...
...jumpsuit here to stay...
...Margret. "I like to be stretched," she said. "Ken not only stretched me; he put me through the wringer." Wearing a knit jumpsuit, she had to dance around a smashed TV set as the room filled with soapsuds. "But the room filled up so fast I couldn't see anything. There was Ken shouting closer, closer, and I bumped into the TV." Rushed to the hospital for 23 stitches in her hand, Ann-Margret noticed only belatedly that her jumpsuit had shrunk to half size...
...Chic. The jumpsuit, like most of the clothes in Russell's movies, was designed by his wife Shirley. She also collects thrift-shop gear, and Russell pictures are immediately recognizable by their raffish, démodé chic. Aesthetics aside, this practice also keeps down wardrobe costs. "I'd heard Russell was difficult to work with, went over the budget, that kind of thing," says Producer Stigwood, "but it isn't true." Tommy's budget of $3.5 million was probably more money than Russell had seen in some time. His last movies, The Boy Friend...