White Shirts Remain Smart Gift Though Style Varies
Readers are urged to consider white shirts as versatile gifts and wardrobe staples. Prices vary from affordable to high end, with suggestions to elevate the look with jewelry and careful styling for parties, while noting traditional button-downs stay casual.
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New York
J. Grew
Banana Republic
Winter to spring fashion by Mary Martin Miepold
With the new year underway, designers push spring trends that update winter wear. A crisp white shirt anchors outfits, while long skirts and diaphanous fabrics mix with leggings. Color pops from bright jackets, scarves, and vivid accessories, plus revised wool blends with Lycra for fit. Zelda’s retro dresses and jackets, and stars like Julia Roberts, Sarandon, Turner, and Carly Simon influence looks. Jewelry moves to bold faux Chanel styling as women embrace day jewelry.
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Ralph Lauren
Calvin Klein
Mary Ann Restivo
Zelda
Renee Shaw
Kara Fogerty
Kathleen Turner
Carly Simon
Fogerty
Diane DeMarco
Escada
Andrea Jovine
Made in USA push crowns Miss America 1992 wardrobe
Miss America 1992 Carolyn Sapp promotes U.S. made clothing with 40 designers, touring Boston and Cincinnati to boost Crafted with Pride in U.S.A. labels. She argues buying USA made garments could save jobs amid 50 year low textile employment and rising imports.
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Bush
New York City
U.S
Carolyn Sapp
Paul Stanley
Sidi Marshall
California
U.S.A
Sapp
Boston
Cincinnati
USA
Robert E. Swift
Pride
Walmart
Swift
Made in America fashion firms seek jobs lifeline
The textile sector, key to defense and national production, faced severe recession with potential loss of up to 95,000 jobs in 1991 after 90. Designers like Robin Michael and Ady Gluck-Frankel push American-made lines through Necessary Objects and other labels, stressing U S mills, local factories, and domestic production to preserve jobs and control.
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Robin Michael
Michael
Cenaga
New York
Dallas
Bendel's
Sapp
Ady Gluck-Frankel
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