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and navy are dominant, but a
black and white glen plaid is
starting to make a splash.
Silbert says the non-vent look
is "better for any man," and
Kosins adds, "the affluent
dresser prefers the non-vent
look." Why? "It's sexier," he
says.
Dan Orman says fuller cut
pants in the thigh and knee are
"comfortable and conducive to
business wear."

FORMAL WEAR: Frilly shirts are
out as far as formal wear appears
this season. "The day of the
peacock is over," says Kosins.
"Everything is elegant."
Horizontal tuck-pleat shirts are
replacing the ruffled look of the
past, and wing collars are making
a stance. Strong-selling tuxedo
shirts are the Swiss cotton
horizontal white tuck pleat and a
white Swiss cotton vertical pleat
with black deco accents.
Vaughn Masropian at Fox
Formal Wear in Lathrup Village
says the Miami Vice look has
spread into the formal wear
realm. Pastels are showing up in
jackets and Pierre Cardin is
showing pleated pants in his
designs.
The trend for evening
formalwear, however, is still
toward black, while the grays still
have it for morning or afternoon
formal affairs.

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SHIRTS: Shirts are taking the
English tack, emphasizing
spread collars, according to
Marilyn Nelson, manager of
Ernest Drucker's Executive
Custom Shirt in Birmingham.
In addition, collars and cuffs of
striped shirts are being cut
vertically rather than horizontally,
so that all the stripes are going
the same way. Bold stripes are
hot.
Contrasting collars and cuffs
are coming into their own, and
there is a trend getting away from
the white contrasting collar to
picking up a color from the shirt.
Ms. Nelson says the tapered
look is still stylish, but whether a