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...that he could best express himself through design. He started his own label in 1963. Perhaps because his garments are so refined, it is easy to overlook Beene as fashion's pioneer in elevating the everyday. In 1970 he created evening wear out of materials like sweatshirt fabric and denim, an aesthetic later executed far less tastefully, albeit to greater splash, by Gianni Versace. Today Beene often buys shoes for his fashion shows along one of Manhattan's seedier discount shopping blocks. "There are jewels," he enthuses, "everywhere...
VANCOUVER: The symbolism was almost too heavy: Dressed in blue denim shirts and brown leather aviator jackets like the Flying Tigers of a previous era, the leaders of Pacific Rim countries today hammered out the details of an IMF-led bailout plan for the economies of the ailing Asian Tigers...
Levi's, which has stayed true-blue to its denim, has been slow to move on fashion trends like the currently favored wide-leg pants. "It's a fair assessment to say we were behind in fashion," says Gordon Shank, president of Levi Strauss, the Americas. "Levi's strength is that it is never the most fashionable but the most relevant." But that has cost the company. Levi Strauss's U.S. sales last year hit $4.3 billion, but fierce competition and a leveling off of demand forced it to announce last week a round of belt-tightening measures. The company...
Like Levi's, denim's other big brands, VF Corp. (maker of Lee and Wrangler) and Guess?, have got a kick in the pants of late. "The story here is the competition," says Isaac Lagnado, president of Tactical Retail Solutions. In the world of blue jeans, denim pluralism was until recently considered blasphemy. That is, until Gap Inc. successfully introduced a complete store-brand jeans line in 1991. According to Lagnado, market share for private-label brands has grown from 8% in 1990 to 18% last year. Levi's has fallen from...
...James-Dean's-shadow side of stardom, we find Tori Spelling. She bounces in on top of a pair of bright-orange platform flip-flops, plastic daisies affixed to their toe straps. Clutching a baby-blue handbag the size and shape of a lunchbox, she is wearing baggy denim overalls and a floral-print T shirt. In short, she is the spitting image of a jolly, schoolbound kindergartner, although at 24 she is better coiffed and more skillfully made up than most...