Vintage Clothing; Tank Top; Body Stocking

[Victoria Neufeldt]

Merriam-Webster's 10th Collegiate has 1950 for 'tank top'.  Maybe Joanne
Despres will have time to fill us in on the details.  (For 'body stocking',
M-W's year is the same as the OED -- 1965.)

Victoria

>From Bapopik at AOL.COM, Monday, April 23, 2001 6:02 AM
> 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.
>
> --------------------------------------------------------
> 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.
> (...)
> (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.


Victoria Neufeldt
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