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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...money like everybody else -- by reaching the millions of American men who cannot afford his $1,875 suits and the women who can only admire his $1,800 dresses on department-store racks. In December the designer will market a line of casual clothes bearing an Armani Jeans label -- chambray shirts, denim jackets, linen blouses. Nothing fancy. More than three-quarters of the items will cost less than...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Why Chic Is Now Cheaper | 11/11/1991 | See Source »

Other recent entries in the category include KORS from Michael Kors, which markets $185 sarong skirts and $105 chambray shirts. Kors anticipates that sales this year will reach $15 million. Ungaro's Emanuel line includes a $360 houndstooth dress and a $195 gabardine skirt. Declares Ungaro: "A woman doesn't need a lot of money to be elegant. She can be chic with clothes bought from a supermarket chain." In the men's market, where the move toward lower- priced lines is less pronounced, second collections include Versace's V2 and Armani's Mani...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Why Chic Is Now Cheaper | 11/11/1991 | See Source »

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