Vintage Clothing; Tank Top; Body Stocking

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VINTAGE CLOTHING (continued)

   From the NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, 10 May 1965, pg. 17, col. 1:

_INSIDE FASHION:  Vying for Vintage_
(Drawing of a swank woman in a champagne glass--ed.)
By Eugenia Sheppard
Women's Features Editor
(Col. 2--ed.)  "Perhaps Seventh Avenue should, like Mr. _Sydney Wragge_, put a date on all labels, then at least we could buy for vintage."

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TANK TOP

   OED has 1968.
   From the NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, 11 May 1965, pg. 16, col. 5:

   _Buying for Dots, Smocks, Tank Tops_
_The New Uniform_
By Priscilla Tucker
   The components of the summer '65 fashion uniform are rapidly coming into focus.  Polka dot pants, big hats, smock dresses, tank tops, ribbed bathing suits, terry robes are some of the must haves.

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BODY STOCKING

   OED has VOGUE of 15 April 1965.
   From NEW YORK magazine of the NEW YORK HERALD TRIBUNE, 28 March 1965, pg. 9, col. 2:

   Take the "Petti-pants."  It's a chemise bikini designed for the girl who considers slips extinct.  The "Petti-pants," with its wisp of skirt over a bikini panty, is ideal for today's abbreviated dresses.  Then there's the "Body Stocking," Warner's nylon-stretch second skin which bypasses bras, panties, and girdle.
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(Pg. 10, col. 2)
   Below, left:  The famous "Body Stocking" by Warner's.  It's a second skin of stretch nylon to wear instead of bras and pants and things.  It's $11 at Bloomingdale's.