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                                             August 10, 2010

   A few examples of fashion
   in 1960s science fiction:

   In "Stand on Zanzibar", John Brunner has a
   popular company named Maxcess (advertising
   slogan: "Maximal Access with Maxcess") that       One of their big
   specializes in sexually charged clothing          products are
   for women.                                        "nipicaps", which
                                                     can simulate
       In once scene, a male character               erect nipples on
       is lusting after his neighbors                demand.
       girlfriend, who is returning home
       wearing her Maxcess outfit consisting
       solely of red thigh-highs and a red
       rope belt, with one end dangling
       between her legs.

   The often prolix Samuel R. Delany,
   in his "Time Considered as a Helix
   of Semi-Precious Stones", mentions
   some teenage girls on a subway
   platform sporting lights glowing
   in their hair wearing some of the
   new transparent plastic blouses.
   .


     Are these just attempts at
     reasonable extrapolation
     from 60s fashion (miniskirts,
     etc)?

     But even in it's earliest days,
     American SF liked to dwell on the
     epidermis...

           EMERALD_LAND

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