Wearing a sweater wasn’t enough to get Jimmy Carter reelected, and there’s no real evidence that wearing sweaters has helped Dan Rather in the television-news ratings wars. Read more…
Modern, wearable clothing – as appropriate for a woman of 55 as for a woman of 25 – was presented yesterday in a collection of true ready-to-wear by Louis Delll’lio, for two seasons the sole designer at Anne Klein. Read more…
From the well-founded suspicion that society tells them they are good mothers mainly to stop them from trying their hand at anything else, feminists have tended to slap down any suggestion that women have a natural talent for mothering. They go on about jobs and abortions and orgasms, while motherhood gets associated with right-wing morality, the Virgin Mary and a craven willingness to iron shirts. Read more…
“People love comfort and they love inexpensive, fashionable clothes,” says Joan Fisk of Tiger Brand, and she couldn’t be more right. And that’s the reason that she, a designer and manufacturer, with retailer Ron Warr, of Cotton Ginny, have a runaway success on their hands. Between them, they make and market sweatshirt and T-shirt clothing labeled Tiger Brand for men, women and children at “most pieces under $20″ retail, in the words of Mr. Warr. Read more…
Observers who came to his Milan studio expecting to see more architectural designs for next spring and summer were confronted, instead, by unstructured, looser fashions. Those who were anticipating Armani’s usual subdued colors were surprised by the electric tones. And those who had visualized a runway show with high-fashion models found no manikins, just clothes floating in space. Read more…
Suspenders are great. The narrow rules of business dress often severely limit a man’s choices. But the new style of wearing suspenders (actually, the revival of an old custom) is an accepted way to express individualism and personal style. Read more…
Christmas lists are very personal and for this list of suggestions, I followed the fashionable museum trend. On a quick trip through some of the city’s art spots, I made notes of things that appealed to me. Not fashion per se. Or even fashion at all. Read more…
Major designers all mixed brights with black. Some went hog wild, putting orange skirts with green tops, blue gloves, red jackets and purple shoes – like wearing an entire box of crayons. “Brightness is a major statement this spring,” says retail consultant Basha Cohen of Associated Merchandising Corp. Read more…
I know the kind of women I’d like to be. She was described to me recently by Bud Konheim at Nicole Miller Dresses, the New York designer dress manufacturer. “The woman who buys our clothing has a closet full of clothes. She’s the biggest buyer in the country – and she’s buying more everyday.” Read more…
Why wait for next fall and winter to get the latest Paris looks?
Do it now. Do it now.
Some of these ideas may sound insane, but all come straight from the runways in fashion city.
Bandage your head. Read more…