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The vast bulk of blanket sales is still in the cheap (under $5) rayon blends, which tend to shrink and wear badly. But in the quality field, thermals are the up-and-coming item. This year 7,500,000 thermals will be sold, as compared with 400,000 wools, 5...
One Giant Step. In theory, stretch fabrics have been around since 1947, when the discovery of vertically stretchable textured yarn hit the slopes, making ski pants a stylish as well as a sturdy business. Chemical processes like slack mercerizing (by which the fabric, not the raw fiber, is made resilient...
Fun, Clean Look. Kilts are just about out all over, particularly in the South, where they have been usurped by high-schoolers, and Bermuda shorts are slowly giving way to full-length slacks or, better still, skirts. Back in the swing, after a decade of use only by Boy Scouts...
Capes still enchant most Cambridgiennes, and fortunately an attractive variety has appeared on the market in recent months. ADELE BRAGAR has a narrow, waterproof cape with detachable epaulettes and big brass buttons in khaki poplin ($20) and in lovely blue corduroy. ($24). Most stores carry several good styles, but GERTRUDE...
Most important of all are the fabrics: tweeds and wools in soft, imaginative blends of pink, red, orange-most of them made up to U.S. specifications in cleanly styled suits and sportswear by Irish Designers Sybil Connolly, Kay Peterson, Sheila Mullally, Clodagh, Jack Clarke and Donald Davies. The rarest cloth...