Living: Teaching Old Togs New Tricks

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Frustrated male leg watchers complain that the jump ensemble puts limbs in limbo. On the other hand—discretion being the better part of glamour— the suits can be effective camouflage for the not-too-perfect figure. Says one West Coast jumper: "You don't have to be a 110-Ib. size eight to look good." That holds true, evidently, on the ground or in the air. Last week, to kick off a fashion show, Man Oh Man, a Detroit specialty shop, dropped three jumpsuited parachutists into the Detroit River.

—By Michael Demarest