Modern Living: Stretch Pants with a Sole

LATEST addition to the female wardrobe: the Pan-T-Boot. It’s guaranteed to reduce both the dimensions and dressing time of the American woman because it is girdle, stretch pants, hosiery and shoes all rolled into one.

“Made from a lightweight knit fabric similar to that used in swimsuits, Pan-T-Boot is actually an extraheavy pair of panty hose with soles and heels attached. It was conceived by Suzanne Garfield, 33, daughter of a California millionaire drugchain owner, after she found that her fabric boots wrinkled and sagged around her ankles while she was dancing. With her brother Gil, 37, she whacked away at a pair of tights and some oversized boots, spliced the two with pins and clips and, after a week of adjustment here and there, sewed them together. The creation was snapped up by Brown Shoe Company of St. Louis, which spent a year and a half testing it on 400 of its own employees. In troduced last month, Pan-T-Boots quickly sold out in New York, San Francisco and St. Louis.

When mass distribution begins late this month, Pan-T-Boots will be available in eight solid colors and three prints (stars, fruit and florals) and will sell for between $22 and $27 a pair. A more formal version, with rhinestonestudded heels, will retail for between $65 and $70.