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Wilbur F. Burt
SEA RANCH LAKES, Fla. -- Wilbur F. Burt Jr., former president of Peck & Peck, the defunct women's clothing chain, died Friday after a heart attack. He was 72.
Services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Assumption Catholic Church in...
– June 6, 1994
Beauty
Kmart Stock Sale Plan Fizzles at Restless Annual Meeting
TROY, Mich. -- You could tell just by looking at the number of people in the crowd that there is a lot of anxiety about Kmart.
Some 2,200 stockholders piled into the organization's headquarters here Friday for the annual meeting -- about 700...
– June 6, 1994
Fashion
ETAC Meeting Fraught With Exporting Gripes
NEW YORK -- Textile and apparel executives who gathered last week at a meeting of the reestablished Exporters' Textile Advisory Committee came loaded with gripes -- including complaints about the North American Free Trade Agreement and...
– June 6, 1994
Fashion
U.S. Imports From Canada Grow 73.7% Since '89 Pact
Since the U.S. and Canada...
– June 6, 1994
Fashion
Selling Soft, Sexy, Shiny
NEW YORK -- Retailers are lining up some hot looks for holiday.
They like soft sweaters -- from pale mohair and cropped angora tops to chenille and cashmere -- and say real glamour is coming back, via shine, sheer and sequins.
Kal...
– June 6, 1994
Fashion
Notables: Looking to India ... Zoran Lives
– June 6, 1994
Retail
Scene: Crossing Delancey
Some of the mystery has been taken out of bargain shopping on New York's Lower East Side. The Historic Orchard Street Bargain District, the Lower East Side neighborhood that includes more than 400 shops boasting designer clothing, leather goods and...
– June 6, 1994
Retail
Bridge Focuses on Wear-Now
NEW YORK -- Bridge sportswear resources are bullish about the upcoming holiday and resort market weeks, with many concentrating on buy-now, wear-now merchandise for holiday, with a small selection of warm-weather pieces for resort travel and Southern...
– June 6, 1994
Beauty
ILGWU Seeks Wide Boycott of Leslie Fay
NEW YORK -- The ILGWU has begun implementing what it says will be a "massive boycott" of Leslie Fay products in the wake of its strike against the beleaguered apparel maker, and said its first target this week will be Lord & Taylor and Saks Fifth...
– June 6, 1994
Fashion
Day-Into_Evening Scores
NEW YORK -- Looks that move around the clock -- from day into night -- continue to grow in importance and are emerging as a major presence in holiday ready-to-wear collections being shown here this week.
While the shine remains bright on...
– June 6, 1994
Eye
Keanu in the Fast Lane
TORONTO -- Keanu Reeves, Hollywood Ur dude, is lunging, thrusting and dancing around a Toronto parking lot on a brisk spring morning. He's lean as a greyhound, elegantly dressed, his hair cropped in a ruff, "Repo Man" style.
And he's quoting...
– June 6, 1994
Fashion
Fuzzy Fabrics Livening Things Up
NEW YORK -- Banking on brighter colors, an infusion of hot trends such as chenille and mohair items and high interest in tunic shapes, makers of moderate and better-price sportswear say they're looking for an upbeat holiday...
– June 6, 1994
