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...network is showcasing Bandstand episodes from 1975 to 1985. They remain transfixing, not so much for the musical acts--the ABBAS and the Sheila E's--but for the constrained, robotic movements of the voluminously coiffed dancers who orbit each other so stiffly, their smiles as synthetic as the Qiana on their backs. This was the decade of gettin' down? In funky town? Somehow most of these young men and women manage to dance without ever moving their heads...
...tall, vivacious New Yorker who went West five years ago, and calls California "the center of creativity." Her company, Fragments, grossed more than $1 million last year-60% of it in New York City. Her biggest hit has been the Fragments Bag, which holds seven basic separates-six of Qiana jersey-in a range of compatible colors that can be combined to make about 100 different outfits. Also in the bag: a see-through chiffon blouson top and, egad, a silver necklace with a cylinder that holds a toothbrush. From its Christmas catalogue, Lord & Taylor alone sold 57 bags...
Boasting qualities that are superior to the most luxurious silk fabrics, Qiana gives all the appearance of silk-from the luster of its surface yarn to its light weight, drape and color. Added to this, exotic sounding Qiana-a computerized combination of random letters-is a practical drip-dry wonder that can be machine-washed and still resist wrinkles...
...Font's Chattanooga, Tenn., pilot plant took on Pentagon proportions. To the trade, it was known simply as "Fiber Y." Even at the press preview, Du Pont took no chances of leaking the process before it hits the market at year's end. Six models wearing Qiana garments were escorted by armed guards to prevent any overanxious competitor from the common practice of snipping a sample swatch...
...about $5 to $8 per pound (versus $9.30 for silk), will be found initially only in women's fine apparel, but eventually will be used in all types of clothing. For Du Pont, whose sales and profits, after a long lag, have shown an upturn this year, costly Qiana is not expected to mean an overnight boom. It will, however, take the company into a new area-and help offset sagging textile profits caused by overproduction...