Fashion Leaders Warn Against Recreating Past Horrors
Betty Benkey reports fashion insiders debate trends across decades. Designers like Oscar de la Renta, Ralph Lauren, and Vincent Monte-Sano urge functional, weightless fabrics and new fibers while resisting nostalgia for 1940s to 1960s silhouettes. Fur remains controversial with conservationist views and pledges against endangered skins.
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Vincent Monte-Sano
New York Couture Business Council
Paris
From Italy We Get Flexibility And Versatility
Pietro Bianco, premier designer for Gino Paoli knitwear, shapes a Fall 73 collection with flexible, modular suits and knits. The Bianco line features three-in-one ensembles, wrapped cardigans, blazers, and Chanel-like pieces in heathery tweeds and ribbed knits. Formal wear includes see-through knits and silver cuff details, aiming at versatile American woman styling.
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New York
NEA
Pietro Bianco
Gino Paoli
Italy
United States
University of Rome
Fontana
Veneziani
New House of Baratta
Rome
Fabian and Simonetta
States
Ben Kahn
Revillon
Bianca
Noma
U. S. Industries
Iady
Peaki
Lillian
Made In Hong Kong Fashions Earn Top Quality Rating
Hong Kong's sixth Ready-to-Wear Festival showcased superb quality with top London dancers and gala staging. The event highlighted bold Sequin, chiffon, and day to evening wear, including Pucci and Courreges influences, with two million volunteers aiding schools cited by NEA.
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Hong Kong
NEA
London
Hong Kong Trade Development Council
Seventh Avenue
Bonwit ‘Teller
Bill Fine
Robert Sakowitz
Houston
Texas
Sakowitz
New York
National Education Association
Phillip Au-Yeung
Fashion Institute of Technology
Cinderella
Philip
United States
U. S
Odrinex Plan Guarantees Slimming or Money Back
An advertisement touts the Odrinex Plan promising weight loss with a money back guarantee. It claims thousands have used it over 14 years and markets tablets as safe, easy to swallow with no drugs, no starving, and no special exercise.
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