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Karan fur for Birger-Christensen, 1987; Greta Garbo, courtesy of
the Kobal Collection; from the 1989 couture collection of Yves
Saint Laurent. Below: Oprah; exclusive sketch for Style by Isaac
Mizrahi, 1988; Karl Lagerfeld; Christian Dior lipstick ad, 1994.
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Dame Edna The arbiter of
Furs Fakes And Faux Sprayed away in the
Hair Remember the best coiffed list of the
taste, all of it poor.
'80s. Here to stay in the '90s.
'80s? Nancy Reagan, Diana Ross, Susan
Lucci, Joan Collins and Linda Evans — Hair
today, gone tomorrow. An '80s carryover—
Lyle Love it.
Linda Evangelista 's Hair Cut
and Colored and Colored and
Colored and Colored and
Colored...
Getting Grunged Remem-
ber when your mother
said "Tuck your shirt in"?
From the couture to the
street ... The mess was
the best.
Hassidim Fashion Designed by John Paul
Exercise Which burns more calories...
Givenchy Retires, Galliano Takes Over Given-
Hats "Mad-as-a-Hatter," described the
working out or shopping for workout clothes?
chy's ladylike dresses depart as London
designer John Galliano arrives ... wearing
one.
Excess More is more in the '80s...exag-
gerated everything with $$$ to burn.
Fanny Suits A St. Tropez
debut...thong troubles on public
beaches and on "Geraldo” and
"Maury Povich" ... censors
create "Bun Bars."
Fantasy Romeo Gigli, Christian Lacroix
and "Baywatch" — sounds like Larry, Moe
and Curly and makes much more sense.
Fashion Is Art Fashion goes big time at the
Metropolitan Museum of Art when former
Vogue chief Diana Vreeland played to
standing-room-only crowds. World-class
museums followed suit, including the Detroit
Institute of Arts, which presented its first
costume exhibit, Chic to Chic, in 1992.
Fatigue Boots Great with lace.
Feet Those feet are made for walking but
not in spikes ... except Manolo's.
Greta Lives Garbo's alive and well and living
in Nordstrom's. The Garbo name is now on
a clothing line.
Halston Halston, credited
with the non-biodegrad-
able ultrasuede dress and
also Jackie's pillbox hat,
dress
to
attempted
America. His licensing
agreement with JC Penney caused
Bergdorf's and his affluent clientele to drop
him. Had this decision been made some
years later, the fashion elite would have
been buying Halston at the Gap and
bragging about it.
Gaultier, 1993 — not very catchy, unless
you go to the Yeshiva.
disposition of the milliners in the '60s and
'70s when hat wearing disappeared because
of big hair. And now, because hair is under
control ... they're back.
Hemline Question There is none! Until now,
skirt lengths were dictated by designers. In
1947, Christian Dior dropped hemlines
about a mile, and everyone wore the "New
Look." But, during the last ten years,
women have chosen their own length
(flattering or not) ... to the dismay of
retailers.
Mix), Pick on her health-care plan or her
cookies, but not her hair or her clothes.