Word: dressed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Fashion this fall seems to be the work of the Madwoman of Chaillot. Plus elements of a rummage sale, a fancy-dress party, and that haphazard art form based on "found objects...
...little nothing" black dress will no longer do, even if it carries a famous designer's label. Today a woman is expected to design herself, assembling on her body a collage of bright colors, sensuous textures and glittering accessories. There are jeweled vests, billowing felt capes, balloon pants, plus pounds of false jewelry, ribbons, scarves, belts and chains-anything that can be combined to create a fanciful costume of individuality and panache...
...like many other young people, he is also tuned in to other cultures, as witness his fur-trimmed midiskirts, borrowed from Persia. The same is true for Deanna Littell, 29, who finds ethnic inspiration in the costumes of Polish peasants and Russian Cossacks; Gayle Kirkpatrick, 34, who adapts the dress of Persian houris; Edie Gladstone, 39, who fancies the look of Ukrainian dancers; and Bill Smith, 30, who does Cavalier styles in leather for Samuel Robert...
Uniformed Individuality. To Designer Edie Gladstone, the trend means the end of the "investment dress," which costs so much that a woman feels she has to wear it repeatedly to justify the outlay. To TV Actress Kathryn Leigh Scott, 23, it means making her own clothes and rummaging through thrift shops for old materials and accessories. Fashion Writer Caterine Milinaire, 25, one of Manhattan's most creative dressers, is also a scavenger; her costume for a recent charity ball consisted of an old, loose-fitting Israeli dress that she picked up in London. "I guess I looked funny...
Perhaps so, in the case of people with limited nerve and imagination. But for those with flair, fashion has seldom been more exciting. "Instant individualism" is how Henri Bendel President Geraldine Stutz describes what is happening, and she notes that it is also a safe way to dress. After all, she says, "no two people can really come out with the same combination, even if they use the same six or seven components...