Word: fashional
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...fall fashion collections shown last week in New York City had a reassuring, familiar look: lots of clean-cut classics, long on style, short on thrill. But for a sagging, badly scared industry, that was headline news. What set Seventh Avenue cheering was the skirt that wasn't there: the mini, last year's sexy shocker...
Designers got the message the hard way. Those urban ranks of briefcase- toting women in their boxy suits and string ties really did mean business. "For the first time, working women have voted with their pocketbooks," says Alan Millstein, publisher of the Fashion Network Report, an industry newsletter. "No serious executive female wants to look like Tina Turner when she goes to work." Millstein is among several commentators who point the finger at Women's Wear Daily Editorial Director John Fairchild, perhaps the most powerful voice in American fashion, especially among buyers, for pushing the short length too hard. Ordinarily...
...skirts seem a poor bet. In addition to the rebuff on principle, women shunned the mini for economic reasons. "Especially since the October crash, people are more cautious," says Karen Guthrie, 30, a title-insurance company manager in Los Angeles. "Now even yuppies have budgets." In a fit of fashion passion, Susan Rockford, 40, a Manhattan attorney, plunked down $1,000 for a sexy little suit but soon recovered. "It could go out of style in six months," she sighs. "I returned...
Hachette, under Chairman Jean-Luc Lagardere, entered the U.S. market quietly, launching two joint ventures with Rupert Murdoch. The first, a U.S. edition of France's Elle fashion magazine, which made its debut in 1985, was an almost instant success (current circ. 850,000). Premiere, a movie monthly, also got off to a strong start (circ...
...capella concert, was an electrified standing ovation. Almost never, that is, until they got an even louder and longer one for their heavy metal, strobe-light and steam extravaganza. This medley, which included songs like "Born to be Wild" and "Back in Black," was arranged in typical Din fashion, says Beckett. "Everybody was involved and threw in something...