Word: fashioned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Vaux: The 70s were the best by far. People have mocked the 70s incessantly since the fall of disco, but the passing years have made it clear that it was a quality decade. Both the music and the fashions have stood the test of time, which can't be said of the 80s--just watch any old episode of Dynasty or The Fall Guy to see how horrendous the outfits and hairdos were. And it was a painful time for music, too--sure, there were one or two good groups, and I like 80s classics like...
...From lecture hall to checkout counter, Schor puts these theories to the test in some of Harvard Square's most conspicuous establishments. Dishing the dirt on Abercrombie & Fitch, Pacific Sunwear, and the newly renovated Harvard Coop, Schor deconstructs hidden advertising tricks, rants about the shrinking fashion cycle and issues advice on how to avoid impulse buying...
...Consolidating numbers three through infinity in the remainder of her tirade, or perhaps just losing count, Schor ignores the concerned whisperings of the salespeople and goes on to explain how modern clothing stores capitalize on and perpetuate a shrinking fashion cycle. As wardrobes expand, she says, the fashion cycle shrinks...
...wear out our clothes. We wear them until the fashion's gone. Then we give them to Goodwill who sends them to Africa or Latin America or wherever, where they undermine local production." Crammed between a table overflowing with professionally worn-in long-sleeved T-shirts, and a rack of cargo pants, Schor declares: "We are drowning in clothes in America...
FRIDAY Catch William Wegman's "Fashion Photographs" show at the Birmingham Museum of Art. This time it's Weimaraners in Gucci, Dolce & Gabbana and Jean Paul Gaultier. Highlight: the doggie bikini...