Word: leatherizing
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There are raincoats, of course, and the latter-day versions are a splendiferous lot. Ranging in fabric from poplin to pique to patent leather, and in price from less than $5 to well over $100, they come single-breasted, double-breasted, belted in back, on the sides, all the way around or not at all, spill off the racks in solid colors, stars, stripes, prints, polka dots and patterns. This year's favorite is flowers: from A for aster to Z for zinnia, they make a coat a serenade to spring; its wearer becomes a veritable walking garden...
...products are things that never existed on land or sea until Du Pont research discovered or developed them: cellophane, nylon, Lucite and neoprene, tetraethyl (antiknock) lead for gasoline, Dacron and plastics. The latest product (not mentioned in the book) is known as Corfam, a scuff-resistant, water-repellent synthetic leather (TIME, April 3) that may in time revolutionize the shoe industry...
...contrast, would rather go naked than don a leather jacket. Mod styles tend toward pastels and velvet, collarless polo shirts with horizontal stripes, and ankle-high "plimsoles" (sneakers) with thick white rubber soles. Mod girls wear no jewelry and no makeup save brown eye shadow and false eyelashes. Hairdos are short; flat shoes are In. Skirts vary from ankle-length to midcalf...
From that moment, no one has a chance not to know it. "I'm a great big clump of talent," she sings with conviction. "I've got 36 expressions-sweet as pie to tough as leather-and that's six expressions more than all the Barrymores put together. I'm the greatest star-an American Beauty rose, with an American beauty nose...
Every day begins with Elliott shouting over the intercom from the floor below: "Barbra, come and get your chicken soup." In Hart's day, the apartment's focus was the bar. Now it is the kitchen, whose walls Barbra has covered with red patent leather. She neither drinks nor smokes, but she eats like a woman thrice her weight, which is 125 Ibs. The kitchen is a self-service delicatessen heavily stocked with matzo brie, gefilte fish, grapefruit wedges, kosher salami, pickled beets, tzimmes, caviar, corn fritters, brownies, ice-cream rolls, cottage cheese, sweet potatoes, and enough frozen...