editor's letter STILE magazine all 1985. Our first Style magazine, sent to subscribers of The Jewish News, fea- tured a runway shot from the French IN STYLE haute couture collection. I wrote the accom- panying story, "Hot New Fashions for Detroit's The French LulicLzio A first-hand report cy Cool Fall." I interviewed Ray Epstein from haute coutur Hot New Fashions Ray & Ida's, Ethel Siegel from Complaisant, For Detroit s Coot Fall Gwen Hallimon from Berge Ltd., Estelle Can- Ernphas,s or itEIesance for Mei tor from Esther and Estelle's and Devorah apped Attentic• Furs Are Longer And More Fui, Shenkman from Devorah's. Ten years later, much has changed. Although many of the retailers mentioned are no longer in business, our magazine is flourishing. We now reach 60,000 households in the general community. Thanks to our readers and adver- tisers, Style has evolved into an upscale publi- cation with an international look and local flavor. We are a lifestyle magazine informing our readers about fashion, interior design, travel, food, health—from a local perspective to a global view. Our anniversary package is truly a celebration of our test of time. Inside, local retailers predict the trends beyond the year 2000. A. Alfred Taubman, of the Taubman Co., be- lieves by the year 2035, you'll be reading Style in the comfort of your home on paper- thin, high-resolution display tablet and be driving your battery-operated recyclable car out to Twelve Oaks. The other retailers offer equally interesting predictions. To honor our anniversary, Style magazine hosted a luncheon with a panel of experts who picked our 1995 Stylemakers. In the photos, our publisher Arthur Horwitz is with panel members Suzy Farbman and Marcie Brogan; I'm between Linda Solomon and Marj Jack- son Levin. We hope you enjoy reading about the peo- ple in our community who make a difference. Another feature story offers a retrospective view of fashion over the last decade. Richard Martin, curator of the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute, calls Sandy Schreier an encyclopedia of fashion. This fashion expert is a knowledgeable member of our community and wrote the "Dictionary of a Decade" for Style. She proves that it's not unfashionable to care about fashion. As usual, this issue features some elegant homes and fabulous fashions. Our fashion shoot was pro- duced locally with stylist Vickie Dawson and pho- tographer Glenn Triest. These photographs were shot—not in France as in our first issue a decade ago— but at Barnes & Noble in West Bloomfield. We hope you enjoy this anniversary issue of Style. Fashion changes, but Style evolves. We promise to make every issue spectacular. THE Jam' - ' >H NEWS F PUBLISHER Arthur M. Horwitz EDITOR Carla Jean Schwartz ART DIRECTOR Brian Michael Lawrence DESIGN April Ford PRODUCTION NIANAGER Curtis DeLoye PRODUCTION Gayle Baldi Cathy Ciccone Marla Cooper Seymour Manello Kris Morgan Ralph Orme Debbie Schultz PR OOFREADER/COPY EDI'T'O R Gail Zimmerman BUSINESS MANAGER Marianne B. Taylor CIRCULATION MANAGER Mary McMahon MARKETING MANAGER Illana P. Greenberg AccouNT ExEctiTivp:s Ann G. Abrams Susan Brooks Kathy Johnson Betsy Leemon Lisa Wylin Patricia McMurray Rick Nessel Danny Raskin Art Shafer ACCOUNT ASSOCIATE Danny Samson ADVERTISING COORDINATOR Sincerely, Robin E. Magness STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Glenn Triest Carla Schwartz 4 • WINTER 1995 • STYLE Style is published five times a year by The Detroit Jewish News. Offices are located at 27676 Franklin Road, Southfield, MI 48034. Telephone (810) 354-6060. Fax (810) 354-6069.