Left Audrey Hepburn, courtesy of the Kobal Collection; Donna 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. I or Ion tail 40. oollett,u. bl.at Mwye- 114. nd tv.it 211.3i lbcd tr I (A lt.. aaie Ci .414 hist ipt-rt tutvelbor ...sot. rut irao • vttll 3 hnt 11101m Jutl<1 1 •1 ■ 11(11 ii LaSrei. ta • o f str tonr,ha/ t.1•1,1. it--I“ Ir1111■ 'be cuoi p.m/ bood 'ad trlIro PHOTO BY OLAF WAHLUND IE 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.