Word: kal
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Lonstein has not relinquished her 15 minutes of fame. Though it debuted only last fall, her collection of lingerie-inspired dresses, with matching handbags and thongs, nearly sold out at Bloomingdale's in three days--"even though they were cotton clothes in November," notes the store's fashion director, Kal Ruttenstein. There are waiting lists in some boutiques for her outfits, priced at an affordable $130 to $160, and her 50-piece sportswear collection will be in 200 stores by June. Sales are expected to top $1 million in 1999. Not bad for a girl who's only...
With ghoulish predictability, Versace merchandise was flying out of the stores last week, following the murder. But even in the long term, the demand for Versace brands seems likely to continue. "Versace's team knows how to do the look," says Kal Ruttenstein, the fashion director at Bloomingdale's, pointing out that sales of Versace merchandise at his company's stores have been "all on the uprise." Attitudes like that bode well for the future of the House That Versace Built...
...ever present slipdress is still among us. Only this year it's short and asymmetrical: one-sleeved is good; bias cut is even better. "All ages with good legs will wear miniskirts," says Bloomingdale's fashion guru Kal Ruttenstein. And Nicole Fischelis, fashion director for Saks Fifth Avenue, says the softer, swishier look is best topped with a tailored jacket, to break up the fluidity of the silhouette. Designers like Jill Stuart prefer a sweater. "A jacket is too hard for this collection," Stuart says. And while the dresses are soft, they're not always simple. A Chinese influence runs...
Thigh-highs are all over the stores, selling for between $6 and $60, in black, navy and white, and even plaids, Argyles, fancy lace and silk blends. "It's a lot of fashion for a little price," says Kal Ruttenstein, Bloomingdale's veteran vice president for fashion direction. Comments Benny Lin, Macy's fashion director: "It's not just a metropolitan thing -- it's selling well all over...
...look to clothing design. Among them is Han Feng, who left Hangzhou, China, only eight years ago. Now head of her own design company, she sells easy-to-wear, simply shaped clothes to Bloomingdale's and Saks. "Designers have been looking for a style for the '90s," says Kal Ruttenstein, senior vice president for fashion direction at Bloomingdale's. "The simplified Oriental-inspired look might be a major look...