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...frocks are romantically opulent, pointing away from unisex or any parody of male dress. Maybe women feel sufficiently liberated by now to allow themselves frankly "feminine" dress. But are women ready for such high costume-and would they feel comfortable in such operatic garb? At any rate, Saint Laurent seems to have decreed a turn away from politics (women a few years ago were wearing army shirts and cartridge belts) toward a different, Ballets Russes fantasy. The question is whether women will follow...
...since 1789 had the word revolution been bandied about so freely in Paris as it was last week. Storming the barricades of conventional fashion was Designer Yves Saint Laurent, 40, whose latest haute couture collection could alter the way women will dress in the next decade. The 800 or so journalists, store buyers and private clients invited to the lavish showing were awestruck. Some were even reduced to tears as Saint Laurent's models glided along the runway, demonstrating what many predicted would be the New New Look: narrow waist, calf-length bouffant skirt for daytime and huge...
...sumptuous 110-model spectacle was over, buyers and clients rushed to the dressing room, where the shy, soft-spoken couturier was waiting with his mother Lucienne. "Formidable!" his admirers gasped. "It will change the future of fashion," declared Ohrbach's fashion consultant, Sydney Gittler, adding portentously, "What Saint Laurent is saying is 'Ladies, put a match to your closets because you've got to go out and buy something...
That was precisely the point. By autumn, buyers hope, the basic new Saint Laurent silhouette will begin to render obsolete the soft unstructured dresses and tailored pantsuits of the early '70s. The raves and somewhat overblown reporting of the collection by Women's Wear Daily and the New York Times reflected the yearning of the hard-pressed U.S. fashion industry for a replay of the late Christian Dior's New Look, the style that so profitably transfigured women and their wardrobes...
Still, there are many slips 'twixt showing and sales. The Paris prototypes of Saint Laurent's New New Look will have to be whittled down in price and size before they are widely accepted. The opulent couture outfits cost $2,000 to $10,000, while less elaborate ready-to-wear versions, which will be available at the Saint Laurent boutiques, will run customers well over $1,000. At the same time, the impracticality of the huge multilayered skirts may confound all but the most dauntless of Saint Laurent's private clients. "It's gorgeous...