Word: velveteen
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Since they could not fault Brodsky on the content of his poetry, the druzhinniki invoked that convenient Catch 22 of Soviet law: "parasitism." The case against Brodsky last February charged him with being "a pseudo-poet in velveteen trousers" whose "earnings were casual, which shows that he did not fulfill the most important constitutional duty to work honestly for the good of the motherland...
...worse for the driver's safety is light reflected off the top of the dash board and back into the driver's eyes. Such reflections can be dangerously confusing Dr. Allen showed a photograph taken through the windshield of a car equipped with a light-absorbing black velveteen covering on its dashboard. A near by pedestrian was clearly visible. Another photo, taken after the velveteen was removed, glittered with reflections that hid the pedestrian from the driver...
...knee-length chiffon hostess models. So popular have dressy slacks become for evening entertaining that women guests are often trapped by a kind of fashion one-upwomanship: they wear dressy frocks and high heels for dinner parties, may be greeted by a hostess enviably svelte and comfortable in velveteen or brocade slacks and a beaded sweater...
...scholars on such hip topics as "The Role of Jazz in American Culture." New to the scene was a pair of Russian wolfhounds representing Wolfschmidt vodka, and a "fashion-jazz spectacular" titled "Newport Is a Lark" and featuring such jazz-inspired fashions as a Bop Period "nasturtium-colored velveteen jacket lined and piped with hot pink shantung." Musical novelty: the "first authentic American jazz ballet," a 22-minute retelling of the Harlequin-Columbine story to music by the Modern Jazz Quartet. The ballet's major character innovations were a bop-goggled Pantaloon and a Beat Generation Harlequin, wearing dark...
...cheer the tired executive after a hard day at the office. Variations range from Fredrica Furs' $1,195 nutria car coat with pants of hamster fur (retail price of pants: $195) to Designer Lisa Fonssagrive's Edwardian smoking jacket and pants (see cut) of muted-green velveteen piped in mauve (retail price: $125). Another costume from the same designer, onetime top U.S. fashion model (TIME, Sept. 19, 1949): a woolen evening wrap shaped like a cocoon, with a single saucer-sized button under the chin. The color: hot canary...