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...street people as extras, asked a local shelter for help in attracting recruits. But most of the 137 people who answered the casting call were rejected because they were considered too clean. Some recruits, hungry for a job that pays up to $90 a day, reluctantly traded in their apparel for filthy costumes. "They had me wear clothes that had so much dirt on them, it took a couple of days to get it out from under my nails," complains James Moffatt, one of the homeless actors. The filmmakers say they will mainly hire actors for future walk-on parts...
...Retailing, sees a big risk in the "factory-to-you" approach: "Manufacturers must be careful not to cut their own throats. They run the risk of alienating their biggest accounts." The manufacturers take that warning to heart. Most outlets and malls are miles from department-store turf. Women's apparel manufacturer Liz Claiborne placed its 22 outlets 45 minutes to an hour from retailers selling its label. "We are very sensitive to our department stores, since they are the nucleus of the business," says Harvey Jones, ad manager at West Point | Pepperell, who won't even divulge the number...
...protecting their perilously thin profit margins by cutting expenses, especially inventory costs. Macy's, which was swept up in the price-cutting panic among big stores last Christmas when it found itself more than 10% overstocked, is carrying about $640 million less inventory this year. Orders of U.S.-made apparel are down 8% industry-wide this season, while in Hong Kong clothing manufacturers report a flurry of canceled and curtailed orders from big U.S. stores...
Agricultural subsidies are not the only potential GATT-busters. When the Uruguay Round talks began, industrial nations agreed -- at the demand of many developing countries -- to phase out trade barriers to textiles and apparel. Last month, however, the U.S. Congress approved a protectionist bill that would further limit textile-and-apparel imports and impose new quotas on such European products as Armani suits and Benetton sweaters. The bill, which President Bush plans to veto, would not only undermine the U.S. negotiating position in GATT but also increase the average American family's annual clothing costs by $750 in a decade...
...owner of a Munich art gallery, says lots of money is being poured into modern art: an original painting by a contemporary artist goes for $50,000, a print for $4,000. Regina Spelman, an editor at the German-language Harper's Bazaar, sees vast amounts being spent on apparel: "Germans use clothes to define their place in society and are willing to spend a lot to make a statement." Hamburg Designer Peter Schmidt notes that "people are willing to pay to surround themselves with well-designed things." Kurt Gustmann, an editor at the magazine Schoner Wohnen in Hamburg, points...