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...Fairchild [Sept. 14] has put fashion into Nowheresville. While the mini may have seemed to some "not enough," the midi is "too much." What we have in between appears to be no man's land...
...commentary on the fashion industry that an egotist like Mr. Fairchild could cost so many so much...
...subscriber to Women's Wear Daily I have been amused by the persistence of Mr. Fairchild to push the midi onto the American women [Sept. 14]. All year WWD has sung the praises of the Longuette and branded Xs over the knees of women, like Jackie O, who have been "caught short" in minis. Now WWD has the chutzpah to call their midi-clad favorites "fashion victims" because they "allow fashion to wear them rather than wearing the fashion that suits them." Is Women's Wear Daily laughing at its ability to turn women into trend-following sheep...
...where workers assemble them into integrated circuits that are flown back to the U.S. to be fitted into computers. The operation makes economic sense because Signetics pays the Korean workers only $45 a month v. the $350 or so it would have to pay an employee in Sunnyvale, Calif. Fairchild Camera and Instrument conducts a similar assembly operation for integrated circuits in Singapore...
...terribly exciting?but dangerous as well. Fairchild and Women's Wear have pinned their reputation and influence to a sudden and dramatic change in fashion, and a lot of stores have bought accordingly...