Word: karan
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...moment, designer denim is a hot item, but when the fad is over, it is unlikely to decline in ignominy like the Nehru jacket. Instead it will probably become part of fashion's standing repertoire of alluring textiles. "Denim is the one thing everyone owns," says Donna Karan, who uses it extensively. From now on, it is likely to be found in garment bags as well as on coat pegs...
...care kit. Suddenly people want to buy toys that don't take batteries. Sales of dolls are up. Power dressing is out. One sign: shoulder pads, standard issue for the female corporate warrior, are finally disappearing from women's clothing. Even designers are getting into the act: Donna Karan and Bill Blass offer more congenially priced ready-to-wear fashion lines. Revlon's Charles of the Ritz has sprouted the cheaper Ritz Express skin-care line (1 oz. of Perfect Finish makeup: $10, vs. $25 for an ounce of Revenescence liquid foundation...
Psssst! Want a deal on some Jordan Airs? Joan & David pumps? A Donna Karan dress? The latest Sony tape deck? Without slogging through the sales racks at five different department stores? And in a place where the teenagers can hang out and Dad can catch a football game on TV? Well, here's a concept in shopping-till-you're-dropping, just in time for Christmas and the recession: megamalls with maxi discounts...
Even the rich and famous are not above looking for a bargain. Elysa Lazar publishes the S&B Report, a monthly compendium of up to 250 designer showroom sales where, on certain days, customers can buy overstock fashions from Donna Karan, Perry Ellis, Oscar de la Renta and other top designers for 50% off. Well-heeled subscribers include Dr. Joyce Brothers, Regis Philbin and Sally Jessy Raphael. After Joan Lunden mentioned Lazar's new mail-order catalog on Good Morning America two months ago, 80,000 viewers wrote to request the guide to discount suppliers of everything from wallpaper...
...investing in one or two people. In a department store you may have a hundred vice presidents." Nonsense, says Frank Mori of Takihyo, a U.S. firm that owns 100% of the Anne Klein label, which is designed by Louis Dell'Olio, and 50% of the hot and successful Donna Karan line, "there is still as much risk of a name designer being run over...