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Plebian Clothes Hit Haute Couture Mood in New York
New York fashion writers track a wave of plebeian style in fall winter lines from major designers. Pea jackets and workaday pieces get upscale treatment, with velvet looks and missile silhouettes shaping the season. Designers like Saint Laurent, Brooks, Blass, Aldrich, Zuckerman, Chapman, and Cassini push workwear into couture, while Birdland hosts jazz amid stylish chaos.
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New York Couture
Fitch American Coutuners
New York
Donald Brooks
Jey
Bill Blass
Maurice Rentzer
Marlon Brando
Ceil Chapman
Miss Chapman
Chapman
Edward Abbott
Ines
Big City
Birdland
Times Square
Dinah Washington
California
Galanos
Mans Guin
Ursula
Oleg Cassini
Jean
Nedy