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...redos. Those clothes were skimpier and skinnier." Sprouse's lines tend to be a little more careful and deliberate, even sculpted, and a lot of his wizardry comes in combinations, like throwing a man-size coat over a mini. Says Pat Henderson of Bergdorf Goodman: "I've got one of his bright pink wool tank dresses, real short. You take off your coat and show that dress, anything could happen. Men think the clothes are incredibly sexy...
...growth in corporate profits and strong capital investment in plant and equipment. Most important, consumer spending, which accounts for nearly two-thirds of the gross national product, is expected to remain strong. Said Philip Hawley, chairman of the Carter Hawley Hale department-store chain, which includes Neiman-Marcus and Bergdorf Goodman: "Going into the all-important holiday season, consumer confidence to us looks good. It's close to its alltime high." Hawley predicted, however, a slower rate of retail buying next year. That forecast was supported by the council report, which sees consumer spending moving ahead by only...
...most prominent local emporium, Neiman-Marcus, says no to the last, but to all those other questions their buyers would probably like to have one collective answer. It would be much the same answer that Bloomingdale's or Saks Fifth Avenue or Bergdorf Goodman might give to anyone who asks, and it is an answer that has very little to do with a store's size. Small, sharp, selective boutiques all over the country, from Maxfield in Los Angeles to Alan Bilzerian in Boston, would reply the same way as the behemoth down the block: the customers should...
Budgets may be a matter of greater moment to smaller operations like Maxfield's than to Bloomingdale's or Bergdorf's. But when a buyer prices a garment ($48 for a Comme des Garçons wool T shirt, $523 for one of the shearling coats Montana designs for Complice) it is usually presented at "first cost." The designer's fee, as well as the tab for actually making the garment, and the designer's sales expenses and promotion budget are often included. What a U.S. store pays, however, can be as much...
...their clothes, or if their business managers think the store has spent too little, designers can refuse to fill further orders. Miyake, who correctly sees himself as an international designer, declined to be part of an upcoming Bloomingdale's "Japanese promotion" and will open his own boutique at Bergdorf s this summer...