eens all over the
country are standing
their ground against
winter and preparing
for spring. En masse, they are
migrating to the shopping
malls; they are shredding their
wooly coats and restocking
their closets. Like crocuses,
they're popping up all over,
dressed for spring fancies.
Oversized tops and skinny
leggings are still very much in,
with wool sweaters being
replaced by cotton and
sweatshirts disappearing to
make way for the thinner fleece.
As usual, cotton is the big favorite
for spring because of it's comfort

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and versatility, but beware!
"You have to be careful with
cotton sweaters," cautions Chani
Goldman, who sells hand-knit
Barak sweaters. "They stretch
out of shape fairly quickly. If the
sweater is 100 percent cotton,
you can have it reshaped or
reshape it yourself. But if there's
any rayon in it, you can kiss it
goodbye."
Denim, the uniform of the teen
and college set, is still a mainstay.
Print and floral jeans have literally
faded out — summer denim is
bleached to a soft baby blue, and
the operative word in denim jeans
is Guess. Another trendy name:
Levi's 501 button-down jeans.

Left to Right:
Cropped jacket and zip-
front mini-skirt, both in
denim, and teamed with
a ribbed, knit turtle-
neck. From Lizwear, by
Liz Claiborne.
Canvas striped boxy
jacket, lace camisole,
lace square dance skirt
and denim prairie skirt
mixes the rugged and
the romantic. From
Lizwear.
Lizwear prepares for an
"Indian summer" with a
printed cotton bodysuit
and ribbed waist harem
pants.

Sleeveless turtleneck
and matching skirt
featured ribbed insets at
waist, in a bold animal
print. From Gitano.

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