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...thanks to tanning advancements, heavy winter hides are giving way to summer textures that are as light as cotton and so versatile that designers are treating leather like fabric. Armani, Oscar de la Renta and Badgley Mischka are leathering up tube tops and evening gowns for the sultry months. Even the pimpy FUBU line is in on the skin with its line of leather NBA basketball shirts. Expect everything from shorts, bikinis, evening dresses and hot-weather codpieces made of hide in a store near you soon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Starting Time | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

...father, but her mother says he had a scar on his left calf. So every time Jewel meets a middle-aged American, she checks his leg, just in case. "I don't know what I will say if I meet him," she says, pulling the hem of her pink leather skirt down her thighs. "But I think I will say: 'Hello, I am your daughter. Welcome again to Angeles. We call it the city of Angels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Forgotten Angels | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

PRODUCT Summer clothes made of light-weight leather...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot-Weather Leather | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

Despite the rising cost of leather, an upshot of the mad-cow and foot-and-mouth scares, the fashionable skins are hotter than ever--even in hot weather. Thanks to tanning advancements, heavy winter hides are giving way to summer textures that are as light as cotton, soft as silk and so versatile that designers are treating leather like fabric. Some leather can now be washed, and most summer hides are treated to prevent staining from perspiration or barbecue sauce...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot-Weather Leather | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

...STARTED Leather-manufacturing technology allowed the development of lighter materials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hot-Weather Leather | 4/23/2001 | See Source »

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