Word: corduroy
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...best way to use [closet hooks]... is by starting with the lighter items first. Several short sleeved sport shirts make a good base. It is much easier to hang a pair of corduroy work pants over two sport shirts than it would be to hang one sport shirt over two pairs of corduroy pants...
...their range and complexity. Trevor can be sharply funny, as in his description of a television director: "Attired in what appeared to be the garb of a plumber but which closer examination revealed to be a fashionable variation of such workman's clothing: his dungarees were of fawn corduroy, his shirt of red and blue lumberjack checks. He wore boots that were unusual, being silver-coloured; and beneath each armpit, in a shade of fawn that matched his dungarees, were sewn-on patches, appearing to symbolise a labourer's excretion of sweat...
...jumpsuit jamboree is powered by such top designers as Anne Klein, Calvin Klein, Halston, Ralph Lauren and Willi Smith. One of the fastest-selling lines, Reminiscence, is designed by Manhattan's award-winning Stewart Richer, 38, whose sporty suits in cotton and corduroy fetch from $60 to $72. "Boutiques are ordering them like they're $12 T shirts," says Richer. Jump buffs point out that they can be worn to the office with a turtleneck sweater and later accoutered for evening by removing the sweater, unzipping to the cleavage and adding jewelry. Like blue jeans, jumpsuits came...
...Pucci or Gucci equivalent, the investment can be substantial: a plaid skirt can sell for $115, a blazer for $100, a seersucker suit for $135. However, as a Brooks Brothers spokesman points out, the clothes appeal to women of all ages and backgrounds. "A career businesswoman can buy a corduroy suit or a British-looking hounds-tooth jacket and wear it for years. More college students than ever are buying these clothes." Says a fashion coordinator for a big Boston store: "Personally, I think it reflects the political atmosphere. It's a reassuring look, reminding people of earlier times...