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...ARENA: Joe Klein on why it's time for the Democrats to winnow the field and get serious about choosing a candidate. But don't hold your breath...
Minutes before the first model appeared on the runway at the Calvin Klein show during Fashion Week in New York City, an uncomfortable silence settled over the journalists, buyers and society figures assembled in a Chelsea photography studio. Standing in view of the crowd was Klein himself, surrounded by several p.r. handlers and the CEO of Phillips--Van Heusen, the giant shirt company that acquired Klein's label for $438 million earlier this year. Here was an icon of American fashion, the man who gave the world designer denim in the '70s and put underwear over...
Every season in fashion there is a show that defines the moment, and sometimes the moment has little to do with what's on the runway. Klein's show was a poignant and powerful reminder that nothing in fashion is forever. The clothes for spring 2004 responded to that changing climate, forsaking last season's sexy, corseted silhouette for the safer harbor of pretty, soft dresses and colorful, easy sportswear pieces that make consumers feel good. And many of the most popular trends, such as flapper-style dresses and wide-cut pleated pants from designers like Marc Jacobs and Diane...
...about frivolity and shock." American fashion, of course, has never been big on risk taking. Designers in the U.S. are predictable in their dedication to sportswear, leaving shock tactics to their European colleagues. Along with predictability comes safety, a belief that certain designers--the triumvirate of Calvin Klein, Ralph Lauren and Donna Karan--are fashion's bedrock. But all of a sudden there was a tectonic shift, as if Klein's departure left everything else on shifting sand...
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