Double-Breasted Style Hits Peak Across Age Groups
The double-breasted jacket and blazer are resurging in Fall 1966 collections. From Palm Beach to Southampton, teens to mature men embrace DBs in oxford weaves and linen looks. Designers push more DB blazers and selective tuxedo use alongside luxurious outerwear such as beaver coats.
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New York
UPI
Palm Beach
Southampton
Carnaby Street
London
Sir Winston Churchill
Andrew Pallack
Oxford
Robert Louis
Youths spark mode shift with new hat styles across America
In New York, teenagers drive a fashion wave turning hats from tan to autumn gold and olive to burnt olive or blue olive. Mills like Miller Bros. Hat Co. capitalize on youth-led Modist trends, from Modcaps to surfer hats, army fatigue caps, and cowboy hats, reshaping seasonal hat sales.
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New York
UPI
America
Benjamin Parrill
Miller Bros. Hat Co
London
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Montgomery Ward
Sears
Wigs For Men Hit New York Fad
Mark Traynor, a New Yorker who previously worked with ladies wigs, discovers men’s wigs can be cropped for a masculine look. The trend is a local novelty as he works on measurements before wider adoption.
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New York
UPI
Cary Grant
Mark Traynor
Traynor
Elks Teen Age Party Slated For Tuesday Night
The Elk Teens group hosts a first activity at the Country Club combining a swimming party 7 to 9 p.m. with a cookout and patio dance 9 to 11 p.m. Elk Club members chaperone and teens may bring one guest. If successful, the event could become weekly.
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Elks
Elk Club
BPW Plans Picnic in New London
The New London BPW chapter moved its August meeting to the 29th and will hold a picnic supper at 6 p.m. at the Royce Jennings Lodge on U.S. 250 south of Fitchville. Co chairs are Miss Dora Arnett and Mrs. Mack Stevens. Earlier, 15 members attended a BPW supper meeting at Hartenstein's in Willard.
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New London
Business and Professional Women’s
BPW
Royce Jennings
U.S. 250
Fitchville
Dora Arnett
Mack Stevens
Hartenstein’s
Willard
Bible Answer To Sky Pie Dismisses Graham Crusade
A commentary dismisses Billy Graham's London crusade as empty promise from Communism. It argues the Bible presents a present truth rather than future offers and frames the stance amid Cold War era religious rhetoric.
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Communist
Morning Star
Billy Graham
London
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