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...boards for their employers (many uniforms have the company name or symbol on a pin or concealable pocket flap). Says Assistant Cashier Lou Ann Lougher of Los Angeles' First Western Bank: "My uniform is a conversation piece. People stop me on the street to ask about it." Bank Teller Marta Ronchi concurs, "If I work in a place, I'm proud of it. I'm the type for a uniform; I was raised by the nuns." Although some employees find the career apparel boring, one secretary likes her outfit so much that she wears it everywhere, even...
Genesco is also the victim of uncontrolled forces. It depends on the manufacture and retailing of fashion-sensitive clothing and shoes for 90% of its revenues. Its subsidiaries include Esquire Sportswear, Johnston & Murphy shoes and Formfit Rogers lingerie, as well as Henri Bendel, Bonwit Teller, I. Miller, S.H. Kress and Roos/Atkins. Lately, the fashion world has degenerated into volatile anarchy. The men's clothing industry has suffered especially, as young men have chucked tweeds and worsteds in favor of blue jeans and Army fatigues. One of Genesco's subsidiaries, Danté, Inc., which manufactures cuff links, has been...
...going out, moderate is moving in, and the button-down is back. Says Danny Zarem, vice president and fashion director at Manhattan's Bonwit Teller: "Men have gotten the peacockery out of their systems. They feel it's now time to return to good taste...
Other New York designers have gone Chinese as well, although most of the designer-created lines will not hit the national market until next year. At Bonwit Teller, however, the flashy, far-out ideas of Giorgio di Sant'Angelo are on display now. His basic looks include a dolman-sleeved, high-waisted body suit, with a loose, short-sleeved long robe that goes over it. "I think this will replace the poncho," he says. "In winter, the Chinese sometimes wear six of these robes-the layered look is really very Chinese...
...centers, but a lively exception is Chicago's North Michigan Avenue. During the past decade, $2 billion worth of construction has risen on and near North Michigan, which Chicagoans call "the Magnificent Mile." California's 1. Magnin has just opened a branch there, joining already established Bonwit Teller and Saks Fifth Avenue of New York, as well as such fashionable shops as Tiffany and Cartier. Soon they will be joined by Dallas' Neiman-Marcus. Two weeks ago came the biggest news of all. Chicago's retailing giant, Marshall Field & Co., whose main store in the Loop...