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...clearly bored by three seasons of hemming and hawing. Letting skirts fall where they may this summer, designers to a man-and woman-have transferred their attention topside. The new mini-tops can go over anything and everything-long skirts, loose-fitting slacks, short skirts, hot pants. Designer Betsey Johnson, for instance, has turned out abbreviated leotard tops that can be worn in the office or in the pool, along with abbreviated "baby sweaters," a relatively warm way to stay cool (see color, overleaf). Scott Barrie's polka-dotted backless vests tentatively shield 30% of the upper torso...
Several Manhattan stores, including Bloomingdale's, Lord & Taylor, Saks and Alexander's, are selling menswear for women; Bloomie's has a special area called "Tie One On." Designer Betsey Johnson, who accepted fashion's Coty Award last year dressed in black tie and dinner jacket, offers the menswear look for spring in a strictly individual version: the "Our Gang" comedy style, which is considerably more funky and less tailored than the uptown interpretation. And last week the women's page of London's Daily Mirror ran a feature instructing women in a new talent...
...than ever. In both London and New York, a big seller is the dolman (or batwing) version, which has long, wide sleeves growing out of its wide waistband. There are snug, armless sweater tubes and long sweater dresses. Many sweaters now sport knitted-in portraits of people or animals. Betsey Johnson's "ecology" line features trees and fish; Giorgio di Sant'Angelo portrays a plane taking off. Stan Herman's trompe 1'oeil sweater dresses have fake belts and scarves knitted into the material. Others contrast jazzy colors, stripes and polka dots in dazzling juxtaposition. "Sweaters...
Great Bodies. In spite of a record cold spell, Manhattan stores and boutiques can barely match supply to demand. Designers like Halston, Adolfo, Sant Angelo and Betsey Johnson are grinding them out for customers from Jackie Onassis, who stocked up on Halston's shorties for yacht wear, to career girls like Celanese Fabric Coordinator Jacquie Nelson, whose bosses last week granted her permission to wear her knit shorts to work. Bloomingdale's department store ran a hot-pants advertisement this month, only to discover that the resulting zoom in sales was partly due to a cross-town rush...
...snaky accessories are going at such a striking rate there are never enough around for a window display. In Manhattan, boutiques got into the swing, repapered their walls with snakeskin and offered esoteric items like the cobra patchwork belt pouches and spats and the cobra gladiator vest at Kamali. Betsey, Bunky and Nini, another boutique, has appliquéd snakeskin stars onto belts and has imported Ossie Clark's $200 cobra patchwork waist jacket. Manhattan's Casa Cuero boutique isn't interested in just any old snake; it is boa that turns them on and their patrons...