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Show EDITOR: JEAN CAREY FRIDAY, APRIL 25, 2003 THE DAILY HERALD (www.HatiThcHenkLcont) 344-255- 1 ' Qr HTS5!DRU$-Th- e V cc:crs - Daily Herald- ou'cl hardly expect Hefijet the millionaire septuagenarian founder of Flayboy magazine, to inspire the rough and tumble world of teenage ere p'jttfig dyls cf fashion.. But yean before fashion-forwar- sophomores wore their Gap Body S SS d pajama bottoms to algebra class, the swinging media mogul was Melon' it in Playboy mansion and the magazine's publishing nffiy in crimson silk PJ& Really, it was ohry a matter of time before the trend of pajamas as daywear took hold. In a couture era marked by stilettos, corsets and bottom-barin- g miniskirts, the comfort and extreme laziness of daytime night clothes is something akin to eight hours of sleep on a pillow-to- p mattress covered with sheeta And unlike carefully coifed hair styled to look like bedhead, pajama pants literally take on high are a style, one retailers and consumers alike have begun to embrace. While sales in the apparel industry fell 1.7 percent overall in 2002, sales of pajamas increased 34 percent from the previinfb ew year, axxxoding to market-trenmation group NFP Pashionworld- - Nationr ally, sleepwear is a industry. v Like hooded sweatCouture fancy Juicy shirts before thero, today's pajama pants kHl ft VmI 0 X' X.. - jfc ' 4 v. : -- fcrdaytio. 1 V , ' f jf f Ax, ' A.. I ,1 V ; V roUutrof-hed-and-g- ? 'r o d bfflim-doOa- than the of yesteryear. flannel sets floor-leng- th Retailers from Tbmmy Hilfiger to American Eagle Outfitters to Banana Republic have sleek loungewear separates that can be worn for sleep or simply hanging out Teen catalogue retailer Delia's expects sales of pajamas to double between the spring and fall seasons, according to company spokesperson Jim Trzaska. Among its offerings, Delia's carries aline of Paul Frank's kitcschy pajamas, merrily emblazoned with frogs or monkeys. The praite are so fun and cdorful," Frank said. They definitely can be worn as fashion." While typically a trend limited to teenagers, Lucky magazine fashion news editor Gina Maher said she has noticed women in their 20s and 30s running errands in New York City dressed in pants as the line blurs between loungewear, daywear and sleepwear. paja-ma-li-ke tit v l 1 - i V y,. . "AlotoftimevoucanteDtheo!ifference it between pajama pants and workout pants," Maher said. Tm like, oh my God, it looks like Fm wearing my pajamas in the broad daylight" While twentysomethings can pull off pajamas at Krispy Kreme, the nightwear as daywear look id primarily one reserved for daring, experimental teenage girls, she r - . ... MATT SMITHTbe Dtily Henk) ., said. RghlonaMy comfortable: Olena Zhuravtova, front, DannaLee Ballard, left, and Yulliaria Novea model pajama outfits, which more students are begmningto wear to school. Pajamas courtesy of Target See PAJAMAS, C4 I IV is a pnsS deii By MARIA SALU Kiwght RkJder Newspapers tos press tais2 1 And few people can speak aarichty, which Gregerson demonstrate with every and muacary delivered phrase. The theater, its gorgeous-neis that ft is irreducihry a collaborative art i.. the dis-coveries one makes are diacoveries one cannot make Ml . For University of hat first watk was acting, . Jtoday in every word and ges- - ilure. Few people can be as tihtensely present while seated as she is, perched on a ir, ' , working alone," slowly through the sentence she-says- and abandoning snuffphraBesakmg the way. They're discoveries made only in the company of other leafhersofainherArm people," she' says, building a hying rooxcw w $: speed. "So ifs not as though, toinking aloud about adang", v irs some kind of final stage and writing and the differ- - , v thafb collaborative, itfs . ences between them. authentic, it's the generative . rbor-are- v . not-up-to- -. 1 1 . j Ordinary typesetting real'. y can't convey the rhythm ss - ifnd you can see the traces ; stage" here she drops to a whisper "which is remark-able.- " 1 ry pre-.dse- the first job leaves a ' and tempo and modulations when Gregerson speaks. You , can see the actress she but even more, you can hear the poet she now is. Recently, Gregerson received the $100,000 Kings-le- y Tufts Poetry Prize, given by Claremont Graduate in California Katfay Bates presented the check at the Getfy Center in Los j ' . 1 1- j.- - . : ance;-was- ' Uni-versi- ty Angeles, a celebrity perk that Gregerson appreciates. See POET, C4 fed AMTCtAniiUeuuil foccPitM Linda Gregerson, an English professor at the University of Michigan, has written poetry for almost 30 years. Gregerson recently won the prestigious Kingsley Tufts Award for her work. |
