Designers shift gears to win jeans market race
The fashion industry reacts as leading jeans makers including Sasson Jordache and Gloria Vanderbilt adapt prices and advertising to revive demand. Sasson cuts retail to 29 dollars, doubling women’s jeans sales to reach 200 million in 1982 while Jordache boosts media spend to 15 million. Puritan Klein unit reports strong 1981 gains but warns the market remains tough.
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New York Times
New York
Jean Craze
Gloria
Calvin
Jordache
Sasson
Status-Jeans
Gloria Vanderbilt
H. Frank Doroff
Macy’s
Kurt Salmon Associates
Guez
Seventh Avenue
Robert Nakash
Jean
Nakash
Marjani
Richard Hosp
Mariani
Puritan Fashions
Calvin Klein
Handbag Designer Magda Makkay Builds Studio of Craft
Magda Makkay, award winning handbag designer, works in a cluttered backroom studio at a manufacturer showroom. Her designs include a four-zipper soft leather satchel and variations in velour linen and satin, with prices from 28 to 80 dollars. She fled Hungary in 1956, started with Koret, and earned an American Designer award for her organizer bag.
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Julianne Hastings
New York
UPI
Magda Makkay
Ms. Makkay
Fashion Institute of Technology
Hungary
United States
Pocketbook Local Workers Union
Koret Handbags
Leather Industries of America
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Onondaga Bank
Tellermatic
Teflermatic
Shop City
Shoppingtown
Fayetteville Mail
Northern Lights
Syracuse
Fairmount Fair
Marshall Square Mail
Green Hills
Tabernane
Camillus Plaza
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