Word: fishnet
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...Manhattan's Arnold Constable, the show belonged to Caroline Charles, one of the dozen young designers of the "Chelsea Revolution" whose presumptuous styles have forced even the London fog to lift. Backed by the wailing beat and flanked by dancers in fishnet stockings, the Charles collection mesmerized a series of teen-age audiences. And music, as sales figures testify, has something to do with fashion. Said Caroline, to the rhythmic sound of amplified guitars: "Dig one, you're bound to dig the other...
...flesh in various gradations of bravado-across the midriff, along the sides, and over necklines that dip to the navel. In its most exotic form, the mesh suit makes its owner look like a mermaid who could not-or did not want to-wriggle out of someone's fishnet. Cole of California has already turned out 200,000 mesh suits and is still far short of meeting the demand. Not even the fact that the suits leave a checkered tan discourages the girls from taking a walk on the wild side...
They come in all styles, all sizes, and some colors that even the spectrum hasn't seen for years. Hanes offers a heavy-ribbed version in "Rajah White," Christian Dior a fishnet design in "the ocean's own colors." There are textures that look like flowers, some patterned on art nouveau curlicues, others with clover leaves, diamond shapes...
...were simple (fewer turtlenecks and full-length sleeves than last year), patterns bold (with slashes of stripes and oversize polka dots predominating), and colors smashing (incendiary pinks and theatrical splashes of black on white were favorites). But the real news were the models made, at least in part, of fishnet...
...been slinging the hole-happy stuff over their bikinis for years. Only this season, however, did it cross to native shores to fill in the spaces exposed by plummeting necklines and high-riding shorts, offering new methods of engineering that open vistas in unexpected places. Cole of California used fishnet to screen a deep isosceles plunge ($26), Rose Marie Reid to add a jeweled lace topping to a maillot ($50), while Designer Bill Blass took a big breath, and a giant step, left gaps where gaps had never before been left, and let flesh fill in instead of fishnet...