Word: blassing
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...patterned more vividly than the old standbys. The new shirt is designed, in fact, to go with the fashionably tailored men's suits of recent vintage. But no one expects the button-down to become the cliche that it was in the '50s. Says Designer Bill Blass, who is among the pioneers of the button-down this time around: "I don't want men to wear only button-down shirts. It's just part of the whole fashion picture...
...Bill Blass, Oscar de la Renta, Stan Herman and Kasper have also gazed East. Says Herman: "I like the Chinese look because I'm for the whole political factor. If it's going to bring everyone closer together, I'll show everyone what the Chinese look like...
...intent on working up a healthy sweat. Today, after a lapse of several years, sweater fever is once again gripping the fashion world. In Manhattan, Paris, Los Angeles and London, the young are falling upon gaudily decorated knit tops like moths upon tweed. Top-ranking designers such as Bill Blass, Anne Klein, Valentino and Yves St. Laurent are making the sweater an essential part of their new layered-look lines. Those twin oracles of the fashion world, Vogue and Eugenia Sheppard, agree on its popularity: "Fashion is a sweater this fall," says Eugenia, while Vogue stretches things further to call...
...junior department, the most popular examples have been the ribbed turtleneck, the flat knit with the plain round neck, and the sleeveless "shrinks"-short, tight numbers. In the designer departments, the bestsellers have been Anne Klein's high-necked sweater with buttons on the shoulders and Bill Blass's long-sleeved U-neck. "When we get in a new shipment from either one," says a Saks spokesman, "they're almost gone by the end of the day." Other top-ranking New York stores like Bonwit Teller, Lord & Taylor and Henri Bendel are also having trouble keeping sweaters...
Elder Superstar. There were early signs that game No. 3 would be something different. Pirate Righthander Steve Blass, relying on a humming fastball and a sneaky slider, held the Orioles to one run and two hits through the first seven innings. The Pirates had two runs of their own when the last half of the seventh inning began with Roberto Clemente at bat, the 37-year-old rightfielder playing his 17th season with the Pirates. He bounced to Oriole Pitcher Mike Cuellar for what looked like a routine out. At least Cuellar thought so, until he caught sight of Roberto...