Word: appareled
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...Wearable," "more realistic apparel" is to be worn with stiletto heels, which will require experience to walk in safely? Why not return to binding women's feet? It angers me that the fashion industry is so backward regarding the health of women's feet. Do women of the '90s really want to be dressed up like little dolls that can't run? This is class...
...ended last week in New York City showed a dramatic shift in direction. In a fashion world that has seemed, in recent years, increasingly remote, self-involved and obsessed with stunts, it was a remarkable about-face. Call it a return to elegance, to wearability, to more realistic apparel with commercial appeal. Most designers, at last, seem willing to trade the cutting edge for the cash register...
...years" for women's clothes. Part of the reason has to do with merchandising rather than fashion. There are too many stores selling the same merchandise, too much of too little. "Consumers are having trouble differentiating," says Peter J. Solomon, an investment banker who works closely with retailers and apparel designers. "What's the difference between a Limited and a Gap and a Saks Fifth Avenue...
...champagne was popping back in the American fitting rooms. Says Kaye Davis, fashion director of the Atlanta Apparel Mart, which serves more than 125,000 stores in the Southeastern U.S.: "The trend is away from trendiness. Women want a more structured, sophisticated look, and designers are finally offering what we want." Donna Castleberry, manager for fashion of the California Mart, expects that conservative chic "will take off. Clean, tailored classics carry people through so much-from the office to wherever." Kaner of Neiman Marcus contends that the new looks will "filter down well," meaning that a $1,500 jacket from...
...holding company formed to hold the license of Colours by Alexander Julian. Colours is a line of low-end apparel sold in department stores that has been around for over twenty years...