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Dread the thought of waking up inJ
the morning and having to face a
closet full of leisure suits, trying
to decide which one to wear?Should it
be the sky blue one with the red stit-
ching? Or maybe the green with the
yellow stitching? Such decisions, but
you either have to pick one or skip
class, borrow some of your room-
mate's up-to-date outerwear, and go
out for some new duds.
So what do you have to do to keep
yourself from being the butt of
another "polyester" joke? First,
remember the phrase "natural
fibers" as in wool and cotton. Another
big fabric this fall and winter is ray-
on. While it is a "natural
fiber" and, according to Mark
Freedman from Nusport, it is what all
the worldly hip designers are pushing,
it just doesn't seem to sell in Ann Ar-
bor. So as far as this force-fed
designer fabric goes, stick to nature's
own unprocessed wool and cotton, at
least while you're within the limits of
this little sheltered fashion hub. Just
remember if you graduate in the next
decade and decide to leave, don't be
surprised if a printed rayon ensemble
is required for entry into some trendy
states and countries.
The Greg Brady look just won't cut
it on today's fashion conscious Diag.
Wearing one of Greg's shiny dacron
shirts with the tips of the collar tucked
under your arms may get you in good
with a few TA's, but it won't help at
that all important post-game party at
the cute-girl-next-door's house. What
you need for that is a big, baggy shirt.
One with a print pattern on it will be
just perfect. Little squares or stars or
a classic, rugged buffalo plaid are the
patterns adorning many shirts today.
If you want to go for hard-core trendy,
though, then you want paisleys. Right
now even Paris is plastered with
paisleys. Carol Hollar, a fashion-
conscious University student studying
abroad in France this year, says that
"...everything in France this year is
paisley. Shirts, pants, ties, sweaters-
you name it." Those French would
never steer you wrong fashionwise.
If prints don't do it for you, just go
for label. The consensus among some
local merchants is that Generra and
Union Bay are two of the more
popular brands right now, at least for
the trendy students who don't think
that "budget" is a word that should
even be thought. If you're a regularly
scheduled guest on "Lifestyles of the
Rich and Famous" and money is no
object in your life, there are places
around campus where you can over-
dress yourself in some very nice, very

Italian-Vogue fashion. If you ab-
solutely have to have that $900.
tuxedo for your pledge formal or even
for happy hour at Dooley's, stores like
Renaissance are where you should
start dropping plastic.
To wear over your baggy print shirt
you're going to need a nice baggy
sweater. This sweater also has to
have a pattern on it. Sweaters with
patterns are where it's at this year.
And as an added bonus the patterns on
your sweater don't even have to mat-
ch your shirt. So if you're one of those
people who have trouble dressing
themselves, you're in luck. You can
wear your paisley shirt under your
comfortably large argyle V-neck and
no one will give you a second look.
You can wear any kind of sweater as
long as it's big and has a pattern and a
texture.
The new buzz word on the Ann Ar-
bor fashion scene seems to be "up-
dated classics," according to a store
manager at Jacobson's. This fashion
trend consists of taking a traditional
piece of clothing and doing something
to make the wearer cool and popular.
Freedman said the principle behind
updated classics and behind some of
the clothes in his store is to "take
something basic and give it a little
twist." Classics include vests, V-
necks, cardigans, oxfords, and wool
pants. Their updated counterparts in-
clude tapered wool pants, printed ox-
fords, and oversized V-necks and car-
digans with a cute little pseudo-crest
or coat of arms for the ultimate in
baggy classic attire.
Then to finish out your new layered
baggily clad upper body, go grab a
pull-over style jacket. You can get
these little goodies made out of nylon,
polypropelene, synchilla, or even stuf-
fed with down. When you go label hun-
ting for these coats the brands to seek
out are CB and Patagonia.
Now you need pants. Settle down.
Don't get all excited and go out and
buy some distressed leather and
denim pants with the crotch at your
ankles and 6,000 buttons, snaps, and
zippers. Excuse me but that was last
year, could you snag a clue? Jeans
are, great and if you are going to get
some be sure that they're 501's. Even
this American institution has gone the
"updated" route. Now the American
classic doesn't just come in blue
anymore. You can find them in all
your favorite fall fashion colors:
black and grey.
If you want something a little less
casual for that hourly Diag stroll,
wool or heavy cotton pants are the
thing. These are two more of those

"updated classics" that are so
popular, and popular is what we're af-
ter here. You don't need to borrow
grandpa's old Tartan plaid wool pants
that he wears every Christmas. What
you need is something tapered with a
very discreet little pattern.
Benetton and Nusport both have a
good selection of wool pants. While
Nusport carries the classic grey'
flannel pant they also have pants that
you can wear to class and not look, or
feel, too stuffy. These pants are -
tapered, pleated and have a little
something about them that makes
them different. They've got a subtle
pattern or are designed with a very
tasteful "mod cut"; not too baggy and
not too business-like.
Down at Nusport, Freedman has
noticed that in Ann Arbor people don't
follow the latest fashion trends to a
tee. People in town don't sit on the
edges of their seats for the next
fashion word spoken by GQ magazine
or the New York designers. Ann Ar-
borites like something a little dif-
ferent. Something out of the ordinary.
"Anything with a texture sells,"
Freedman says.
You've got a shirt, some pants, a
coat, and that all important thick,
grossly over-sized, grey cotton.
crewneck sweatshirt with
"Michigan" in blue letters written
straight across the chest (heaven
forbid that you have one of those shir-
ts with the curved writing), what are
you going to put on your feet? Noooooo
not earth shoes.
REEEEEEEEBOK's! It's still ok to
wear your K-Swiss tennies, though...if
that's all you have.
For those feet that are a little less
casual, Pat Raglin at Jacobson's says
penny loafers are still very popular
among trendy dressers. It even seems
that Sebago, the deck shoe people, is
beginning to outsell the favored Bass
Weejun, at Jacobson's at least.
But for just a few thousand retur-
nables you could go over to the shoe
store in town, Van Boven. These guys
have so many different kinds of
classic footwear that you won't know
what to do with yourself. You don't
even have to stop at penny loafers.
Grab a pair of Cole-Haan wing tips for
versatility in going from job inter-
view to second floor UGLi without
looking overdressed.
A woman's opinion is really what
you're concerned with when you go
for that slick today look. The basic
idea from the female point of view is
not to look too sloppy but to emanate
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