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Attempts to use real contemporary music in musicals-like Richard Lester's two Beatles movies or Ken Russell's Tommy-have been random. A Chorus Line, hottest ticket on Broadway and destined to be filmed, is just a slick version of 1930s tears-and-tinsel show biz sagas...
¶ Calvin Klein, ten years Halston's junior, is viewed by some experts as the most perceptive U.S. designer. A supercharged worker (13 hours a day), he graduated from New York's Fashion Institute of Technology and opened his own house in 1968. His clothes are comfortable and...
Even in stores that cater to a less well-heeled clientele, retailers discovered that big-ticket items such as furs (TIME, Dec. 29) and electronic digital watches were selling briskly. Consumers, it seemed, were interested in high-quality goods and were less inclined than they once were to hunt for...
No longer just heavy rugs, furs now come in lighter weights, often in combination with leather, with removable foul-weather covers, and in a rainbow of nonnatural colors. Some new items: a burgundy-colored opossum jacket selling briskly in Manhattan stores for $600; Designer Calvin Klein's $3,000...
While the industry is promoting furs as a bargain and stressing the fact that its prices have risen less sharply than other luxury goods, sales have also been brisk among such top-of-the-line items as $10,000 chinchillas and $25,000 sables. Says Jerome McCarthy, owner of Chicago...