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...more than 100 years, has been enduring a three-year slump even though it retains an 11% share of the U.S. men's suit market. Brooks Brothers posted a 41% drop in operating profits for the past fiscal year. A spokesman for Marks & Spencer, the British department-store outfit that now owns Brooks, blamed "difficult trading conditions and severe price cutting by department stores...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bonfire of The Business Suits | 11/19/1990 | See Source »

Olejarz, whose black rubber outfit was spackled with thick white paint, perplexed onlookers as he struck mime-like poses on Mass. Ave. opposite Bartley's Burger Cottage...

Author: By Yin Y. Nawaday, | Title: Elastic Man Appears in Yard | 11/14/1990 | See Source »

...keep up with the mode, and it costs -- just ask my husband. But the skyrocketing prices are pushing fashion beyond the reach of willing buyers like me. I was leafing through a fall fashion magazine the other day, plotting my seasonal purchases. There was a charming outfit by a no-name designer in delicious shades of pink and red (this is the year of color, remember): mohair coat, $725; cropped jacket, $575; knit dress, $230. The total for the ensemble: ! $1,530. That's not including the $68 wool scarf, $15 ribbed tights or the who- knows-how-much gloves...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Style Ode to a Tyrannical Muse (or Why I Love and Hate Fashion) | 11/8/1990 | See Source »

...doll that would broaden a child's role-playing fantasies. She and doll-dress designer Sue Ogden, a mother of three, created Mommy Doll, now manufactured by Tootsietoy of Chicago. Very contemporary Mommy comes with business suit, briefcase and baby for "Mommy Off to Work" activities, and a leisure outfit and baby carrier for errands. Total price: $25. Stern, 35, believes her brainchild offers kids the full range of female opportunities in the '90s. Says she: "This doll is a reflection of our times...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TOYS: Dolly Dearest | 9/10/1990 | See Source »

...killed by someone's--duh duh duh dumb--hired hand in what would seem to be your garden variety mugging. Not to worry--Sam's death does not appreciably cut Swayze's time on screen. It does however, cut down on his wardrobe. Swayze wears the same outfit when he meets the only person who can hear him, psychic Oda Mae Brown (Whoopi Goldberg); when he has has Oda Mae contact Molly, and sting the man who hire his killer; when, finally, predictably, he saves Molly's life...

Author: By Kelly A.E. Mason, | Title: Friendy Ghost is Spoof, Not Spook | 7/20/1990 | See Source »

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