In the 2 1/2 years since Nancy Nicola and Cathy Franze invested their savings – as well as some of their friends’ money – and opened Little Ones, at 243 Eglinton Ave. W., the vivacious twosome have been making converts to their high-fashion approach to children’s clothes. Read more…
WHEN Denise Carbonell was in high school in her native Florida, she used to design for a store called Flash. Flash sold sequined blazers and the like to Sly Stone and the like, and Carbonell thought, “How exciting to make really crazy clothes for boys.” Wearing a big white shirt, slim black skirt, dark hose and shiny shoes, Carbonell sits in the Toronto offices of Overseas Marketing, the Montreal- based company (owned by her husband Martin Case) which holds the Canadian licence for her men’s and women’s collections, clothing which she doesn’t count as being the least bit crazy. Read more…
A teenage boy in a wheelchair has a simple wish: to be able to wear a pair of jeans. A 40-year-old man stricken with polio as a child has never worn a suit jacket in his life because it hasn’t been easy for him to find someone who could fit one to his body. Read more…
Reach out and touch someone. They may change color. Generra Sportswear Co., a Seattle-based maker of clothes for young men, has launched a line of Hypercolor (Generra’s trademark) clothing treated with a special heat-sensitive dye. Read more…
A FEW elements of change are starting to rattle the grillwork, but most of Europe’s designers have seen the handwriting: consumers don’t want clothes that turn obsolete overnight. Read more…
No one came right out and said it, but there has been a significant change in what working women are willing to put up with in terms of clothes. Read more…
Menswear is getting a new identity. With subtle changes each season, tired traditional clothes are being replaced by more relaxed silhouettes, brighter colors, bolder prints and generally more adventurous looks. Read more…
Beware of blinding light on the ski slopes this winter, more from the colors of the clothes than from sun-splashed snow. Hues are making news in ski fashion, and we’re not talking just traditional red, white and blue. Inspired by snowboarders, skateboarders and surfers, funky neon shades once reserved for discotheques have moved onto the scene. Read more…
For many, this isn’t the time for tropical-print sun dresses and plaid golf shorts. We’re talking the close of the business day. And in the business world, the key is dressing for comfort as well as success. Read more…
I am planning to go away for a long weekend before the summer is over. In checking my clothes for the trip, I realized I could use a new pair of cotton trousers and a summer sweater. Well, when I looked in the stores, I couldn’t find a single pair of summer pants left in my size and the only sweaters around was wool or heavy cotton for fall. Its summer and it’s hot. Why don’t the stores have summer clothes? Read more…