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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 one 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.


        
     These may just be 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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