Fitness Fashion
Goes High-Tech

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ALISON ASHTON
Special to The Jewish News

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or years, manufacturers like
Nike, Adidas, Reebok and
Asics have been the top
names in exercise clothing.
Now designers more commonly associ-
ated with the runways of New York
and Paris are muscling into the market.
What's this? Tommy Hilfiger turns
up in the pages of Conde Nast Sports
for Women with a snappy yellow quilt-
ed hiking vest. And there's Donna
Karan's DKNY Active line of jackets,
logoed T-shirts and leggings. Ralph
Lauren has his Polo Sport line, and
even Todd Oldham and Calvin Klein
offer stretch jeans that make running
to catch the bus a little easier.
"I think the thing to recognize is
that fitness has become the fashion of
the '90s," says Shape magazine editor-
in-chief Barbara Harris. These design-
ers are offering a more "sophisticated
take on the basics."
Harris sees this designer interest in
exercise fashion as evidence of "the
essential role of movement in our
lives." Snappy clothes like these are
meant to segue gracefully from the
gym to the street. Throw DKNY's
fleece tunic-length top over a pair of
leggings and you can make a post-
workout trip to the grocery store with-
out looking like a slob.
These designer pieces, however, are
aimed at the mass market of recre-
ational exercisers. They use many of
the same high-performance fabrics
used by athletic-wear manufacturers,
but these clothes aren't intended for
extreme conditions.
For example, Harris says, a designer
jacket will be water-resistant — ideal
for a brisk walk in a light rain. But if
you plan on trekking through a rain
forest or 20,000-foot peaks in the
Himalayas, you'll need to invest in a
waterproof, multi-layer, Gore-Tex
jacket made by Columbia, Patagonia
or Northface.
As far as color is concerned, black
and shades of gray remain popular
basics. But they're pumped up with
clear, bright accents of tangerine, aqua
blue and traffic-stopping yellow and
red.

Alison Ashton writes for Copley News

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