Letters: Dec. 8, 1967

The Emperor's New Clothes

Sir: Fashion Designer Rudi Gernreich seems to have a bag of answers [Dec. 1]. What's his prescription for those of us who want to swing, but have borne five or ten children, are plagued with varicose veins, "wash the gray away," are too old for the Pepsi generation and yet too young for the Golden Agers? MARY Q. AASTERUD Milwaukee

Sir: Hooray for the miniskirt! But only if it is worn by gals with gams like Cyd Charisse and the 1940-model Grable. The current crop of knobby-kneed kuties just ain't...

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