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Children will soon be able to wear political statements on their shirts, skirts and pants. Topsville, a New York City manufacturer of children's sportswear, has signed a licensing agreement with Just Say No International, an antidrug foundation, that allows the company to design clothes using the group's slogan. Children will sport the "Just Say No" message on everything from sweat shirts to shorts, in English and several foreign languages. Prices...
...bikini is a generic term, but the original article has been custom-made in Paris ever since designer Louis Reard introduced his bombshell of a swimsuit in June 1946. Alas, last week the Reard boutique closed its doors. Reason: the sportswear company that now owns the swimwear line plans to sell off the rights to it for a seductive sum. Anyone for a plunge...
Stores can tailor private collections to their particular types of customers, from trend-happy adolescents to conservative executives. The fastest-growing brand of sportswear in the U.S. is The Limited chain's Outback Red, which sold more than $400 million last year. It began as a collection of Australian-inspired bush-country wear, and now features tamer English staples like jodhpurs and cable-knit sweaters. At Macy's, which sells an estimated 50 house brands, the Aeropostale line evokes the garb of 1920s French mail-plane pilots. The collection includes white silk scarves and rugged corduroy trousers. Macy's also...
...coat so that it seems to loft from the body. His rule breaking -- like putting diamonds on a plastic bracelet -- is focused, almost casual, and helps shatter stereotypes. In the fashion world, Beene has resisted and neatly refuted the caricature of Americans as the slightly slaphappy innovators of sportswear and merchandising trends. A long black wool coat from 1983, with flowing gold satin insets along its back and sleeves, constructed of curved seams, is a masterly combination of grand luxe and offhand invention, a subtle experiment in enlarging the possibilities of wearable form. Beene calls it "probably the single most...
...Diadora, an Italian sportswear company. We cancelled your $2.5 million, five-year contract and are suing you for $6 million dollars...