Word: wearers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...million a year in the U.S." Los Angeles Orthopedic Expert Dr. Robert Kerlan is an outspoken opponent of the bracelet boom. "It's asinine, ridiculous and of no value whatsoever," he says, and warns that the bracelet may actually be harmful "in that it keeps a wearer from getting proper diagnosis." He admits only that "it might be a good thing for the dermatologists, though-all those wrists turned green." Some doctors are tolerant. "As long as you think it helps and you don't bother me," Hollywood Columnist Sidney Skolsky's physician told...
Ultimate in Zip. The wearer need only decide how much or how little she wants to reveal; fasteners will get her there in a flash. Sportswear Designer Anne Klein, determined "to give the customer the ultimate in zip," has done so with the ultimate in zippers-one that is so cleverly concealed by the material that the slash appears as if by magic and not by the mechanical gnashings of a hundred metal teeth. To ensure greater visibility, Klein styles feature side closings, and those that do not ride low on the hips lace like a corset above the waist...
...lightweight lace-lattice framework that allows the scalp to breathe. The framework is attached to the scalp with two strips of strong double-faced tape. Toupees sold by Squires of Hollywood also use double-faced tape that covers most of the interior of the hairpiece and allows the wearer to "sleep in it, live in it . . . even swim in it." Most such rugs cost between...
Parucca di Roma makes stretch toupees with synthetic hair that pull on like bathing caps and sell for $69 in department stores and barbershops. For only $5 more, at Gimbels in Manhattan, a barber will style the wig to the wearer...
...Hair-Anew" surgically attaches the piece to the scalp with half a dozen individual loops or sutures of Teflon-coated wire. "Medi-Hair" weaves the sutures in and out in a basting pattern; its $1,000 job is supposedly permanent. In one ad, a "Medi-Hair" wearer is shown hanging upside down with a 12-lb. weight attached...