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t all starts in New York's
SPECIAL
Kennedy Airport. Con-
necting flights from TO STYLE
around the country de- MAGAZINE
posit fashion editors and
department store buyers
destined for the same
terminals: Pan Am's,
TWA's or Alitalia's over-
night flights to Milan. By
and large, everyone is dressed in
the fashion "uniform" anything in
black. It's hard to make a faux pas,
and fashion journalists are more
famous for writing about risks than
taking them.
Upon landing at Milan's Malpensa
Airport, fashion cogniscenti from
around the world join their groggy
American compatriots in the fre-
netic pursuit of luggage and taxis.
If they booked their hotel reserva-
p---,
20 STYLE
Passions'
reporter
gets the scoop
at the
Spring '91
shows.
■ BY MONICA FRIED
U PHOTOGRAPHS BY
RUDY FACCIN VON STEIDL