Fashion Features
Lacroix Lite
"It's like watering down scotch, but this time we're using bubbly water, not flat," says Christian Lacroix of his new lower-priced collection, Bazar.
— Jan 31, 1994
Children's Wear Buyers Focus On Prices, Discounts In Dallas
DALLAS -- For children's wear buyers shopping the market here last week at the International Apparel Marts, discounts and sharp pricing were priorities.
They sought incentive pricing on coats, fall lines expected to sell out before the fall...
— Jan 31, 1994
The South Beach Invasion
MIAMI BEACH -- The South Beach retail explosion has so far been confined to trendy local boutiques along Washington Avenue. But the transformation of the old Financial Federal Building into a 20,000-square-foot shopping complex in the heart of the Art...
— Jan 31, 1994
Robert G. Derx
NEW YORK -- Robert G. Derx, 78, a retired executive of Vanity Fair, died at St. Mary's Hospital in Rochester, Minn., on Jan. 21 of a heart attack. Funeral services were held in Minneapolis.
Derx had been vice president in charge of marketing...
— Jan 31, 1994
Lacroix Lite
PARIS -- Christian Lacroix is off to a rollicking good start for 1994. After dazzling Paris with a triumphant couture collection, the designer hit the mark again last week with the premiere of his new lower-priced line, Bazar de Christian...
— Jan 31, 1994
Veronica A. Shumway
— Jan 31, 1994
The Leather Crowd
South Florida is home to a number of trendy leather goods producers. Here, a look at three companies that have set up shop.
J.P. OURSE & CIE
The name may be French, the owners British and Belgian and the factory in...
— Jan 31, 1994
