Word: hollywoodizations
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Other conservative designers came out looking good this spring as well. In New York last week, Blass showed tweeds and corduroys in vibrant colors. Lauren played with a muted Hollywood theme and managed to get through the season without going home on the range. De la Renta staged a long, superglamorous show that concentrated on his specialty: heady evening clothes...
...called bridge, or cheaper, lines have seen shaky times recently. Many American department stores have been quietly cutting back on the space allocated to their designer boutiques. In a significant move last December, the house of Anne Klein released Richard Tyler, a sharp tailor known for his Hollywood connections, in favor of Patrick Robinson, only 28, who had masterminded Armani's Collezioni line. Robinson's first effort, put together hastily after his appointment, was both safe and dull, but his attitude has to have retailers cheering. "The point," he says, "is to create excitement in the stores, not the runways...
...white-hot English designer John Galliano, meanwhile, was the chief prophet of another theme in the fall collections: Hollywood-inspired '40s retro glamour. His suits and dresses were stiletto-slim, with huge, dramatic sleeves or swaths of material around the shoulders or waist. Jackie wouldn't wear one of these, and Audrey would be overwhelmed in one, but it is easy to imagine Joan Crawford or Bette Davis stalking an errant lover using the costume as a weapon. Ghost, designed by Tanya Sarne -- who is also English -- was back in the black-and-white era too: waterfall dresses, flowing crepe...
...better-or at least more lucrative-things to do with their time. Supermodels today reap millions of dollars in advertising contracts; they lend their names to clothing lines, host TV shows, star in movies. From the gossip columns to the Oscar preshow promenade, they are stealing the limelight from Hollywood's film goddesses...
...sickened by the small-minded denizens of Hollywood who secretly wish SKG failure. As one who's currently emerging on the feature-film scene, I have nothing but excitement and best wishes for DreamWorks. This company is the culmination of greatness, in both a business and a creative sense...