Plaid on plaid returns as spring and summer style
Fashion spreads show plaid and checks across men's wear from pants and jackets to shirts. Patterns range from mini checks to houndstooth with bold combinations encouraged, paired with softer neutrals for balance. Seersucker and easy care knits populate casual and dress looks for travel and formal wear.
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Paul Rogers
Sears Men’s
Seersucker
Who's responsible for defective clothing
Joyce Roark discusses consumer disputes over defective garments. A dress tears on first wear and a jersey knit dress shrinks after washing. Stores refuse liability, blaming wear, while designers or manufacturers may be at fault. A National Fair Claims Guide is urged to determine responsibility and recover damages.
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Joyce Roark
National Institute of Drycleaning
Dry cleaner liable for damage to leather and suede items
A reader recounts multiple cases of dry cleaning damage including a knit acrylic suit with a skirt lengthened four inches despite DO NOT DRY CLEAN labels. Advice to delay payment until assessing shrinkage and wear, and to obtain the National Fair Claims Guide from the National Institute of Drycleaning. A second item notes research denying a general intelligence drop after age sixty, unless hypertension is present which may affect brain oxygen delivery.
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Dry Cleaners
National Fair Claims Guide
New York
API
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