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...hired designer Arnold Scaasi to spruce up her look. The choice is not exactly fashion-forward: Scaasi also dresses mother-in-law Barbara. But he vows to make Laura look "snappier," in vivid colors like turquoise ("tur-kwaz") and "a bright bottle green." (The red that Oscar de la Renta put her in, right, may be a foretaste.) We asked Scaasi and celebrity stylist Phillip Bloch to appraise the First Lady's fashion choices thus far. Clip and save: Laura will unveil her new look when she accompanies George W. on a trip to Europe in mid-June...
...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...
That's why just about every design house is using leather in looks that run from classic to edgy. Oscar de la Renta's laser-cut leather looks like lace. Badgley Mischka's shiny burgundy leather looks like Star Trek. Los Angeles-based designer Jenisa Washington's all-leather line, Sold (a sample above), is three years old, but Vogue recently named her one of this year's trendsetters. Marc Garson, owner of the New York City manufacturing house Rem Garson, started creating animal-skin sportswear in 1991. "People thought I was stupid," he says. But last year sales tripled...
...Last week the fashion faithful of New York were out in full force. One could detect a new spring in the step of many a clotheshorse as women rushed through the slush in their Prada heels for front seats at the fall 2000 shows. The Oscar de la Renta show, held in the main tent in Bryant Park, took center stage. De la Renta revealed a cutting edge collection of sable-trimmed vests and miniskirts in suede or leather, ball dresses and snakeskin shirts...
...RUNNER-UP] SHELLEY BUCHANAN: favors Donna Karan and Oscar de la Renta...