Word: armanis
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...full of rock as the home tube. One of Hollywood's hottest movies for summer '84 is Walter Hill's Streets of Fire, with a title rerouted from Bruce Springsteen, a score featuring songs by the Blasters and Tom Petty, and some costumes designed by Giorgio Armani, all helping to spin out a hellish story set in the future imperfect. Even sooner, viewers can sample a fine, tough, sexy new movie called Reckless, with tunes by Romeo Void and Bob Seeger; a fake documentary called This Is Spinal Tap, directed by Rob Reiner, which chronicles with legitimate...
Those homely virtues-longevity, consistency-are the ones emphasized by Saint Laurent's rivals, such as Giorgio Armani and Karl Lagerfeld, in commenting on the Met's selection, and this is not faint praise. Members of the high-fashion elite are rich and coddled celebrities who seldom breathe unscented air, but they risk their names and their companies in the cold atmosphere of commerce with each new collection. There are not many truly wealthy private clients left, and they instinctively flock to whatever guru has had his inspiration certified by the press and by a chic popular line...
...girls rather than vice versa. It is said that Saint Laurent does not get around the streets to observe enough any more. The ebullient man who posed nude for a men's fragrance ad in 1971 is now painfully isolated (see box). He has new rivals. Today Armani commands fashion's thinkers. The Japanese designers are the darlings of the avantgarde. Ralph Lauren has made distinctively American tailoring popular internationally. At Chanel, the talented, aggressive Lagerfeld seems to be mounting a direct challenge to Saint Laurent's supremacy in both the atelier and the boutique...
...decades women have raided men's wardrobes for their own clothing, appropriating everything from combat fatigues to tailored shirts. The current dress-for-success fad demands conservative suits for the office, and designers such as Giorgio Armani and Ralph Lauren create unstructured blazers and oversized jackets for the more stylish. Just when it seemed that there was nothing left in the masculine closet to imitate, Designer Calvin Klein has made a new raid: women's underwear boldly based on men's models. Women's Wear Daily is declaring it a hit. The collection, predicts the paper...
...After all the warnings they heard about purse snatchers, says Ronald, "we were paranoid by the time we got there. But the Italian people were warm and friendly, and nobody cheated us." Many returning tourists babble of the bargains to be had in European stores; on goods ranging from Armani coats to Zandra Rhodes fashions, prices are at least 50% lower than they are in the U.S. (Moreover, this year tourists may bring home $400 worth of purchases duty free...