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...failed. Its intelligent premise -- trade, not aid -- has never been fully realized. Pro-protection interests have consistently crippled Latin attempts to sell products in the U.S. on a cost-effective basis. Now Oregon Senator Bob Packwood is leading a charge on behalf of the region's apparel and footwear industries, an effort most everyone believes will be killed by domestic union opposition...
Fashion businesses like Klein's make a sizable contribution to the U.S. economy. Total apparel and accessories sales last year accounted for $91.2 billion, making fashion one of the nation's major industries. American firms exported $2.6 billion worth of apparel, making up an important segment of the balance of trade. Many corporations and banks in both the U.S. and Japan are investing in fashion houses, providing needed operating cash and funding ambitious new projects. They are, says Barry Landau, a public relations executive and friend of Halston's, "buying motion picture companies or fashion houses. These are the glamour...
...formal dress of the pledges, or "Sphinxmen," as the fraternity calls them, is not intended as a military exercise, but to protect the pledges from unpredictable Boston weather. The apparel inspires Sphinxmen to take a serious attitude toward all of their activities. In fact, most of the Sphinxmen cite the desire to become more serious--more focused and mature--as their reason for pledging...
...Jordans, designer jeans, starter jackets -- the fashion competition among even pre-teenage children on Chicago's grim West Side is not just fierce, it's murderous. Toughs steal high-priced apparel right off their schoolmates' backs, and sometimes the victim gets killed in the process. Now the advisory council at Tilton Elementary School has decided to put an end to the status strife. The school has adopted a new voluntary uniform: navy slacks, white shirts and ties for the boys; white blouses and blue skirts or jumpers for the girls...
...Campeau Corp. struggled to raise cash, many stores began to lure customers with flashy sales. Bloomingdale's has marked down its winter merchandise twice, and last week offered spring and summer apparel at discounts of as much as 25%. "You just don't do that at this time of year," Greenstein notes. "You put your summer stuff out, but not on sale...