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Show Plge D6 THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Thursday, August 27, i V 4i o I 1992 iI I AEflttumn Ciemliinies dlrop as rettiro DooCis stage coonebaeCi By ROBIN UPDIKE Seattle Times To those who notice fashion, this fall's long skirts come as no great surprise. Hemlines have been inching down for a couple seasons, with the earliest signs of of felt immodest in minis may not feel hats. Since the real Edwardian much better about the new long dandies were male, the current inlean skirts. terpretation is usually worn with Priestess of American style, slim pants. The effect is a little Donna Karan, has said that the new more formal but similar in its close long skirt "has to be extremely fitting jacket with notched and mini h retreat from the that labels from smaller coming embraced the retro '40s look a year or so before it exploded into a fullblown revival last fall and this mid-thig- "Glorifying that trashy look of short, tight skirts and bosoms pushed up in bras has gotten really old. Just the idea of long spring. A sure sign that long is back is which that even summer dresses a show to meant are, by definition, are long. fair amount of skin Such former champions of the mini as Betsey Johnson stocked this or summer's lines with mid-cag dresses in tiny prints suggestive of the rayon challis dresses working women wore in the '40s. But a nostalgia for the '40s is only a thread of why virtually every top designer in Europe and the U.S. is dropping hemlines. Change for the sake of change is what the fashion industry is all about, and since minis have dominated the runways for several years now, their time in the spotlight is simply over. As Isaac Mizrahi recently said to Vogue magazine, "Glorifying that trashy look of short, tight skirts and bosoms pushed up in bras has gotten really old. Just the idea of long skirts and more fabric suggests to me that there are other ways of being sexy and feminine." What he and other designers have substituted instead is the long, tight skirt. In the spring previews of fall fashion lengths ranged from a couple of inches below the knee to just above the ankle. The skirts, many of which look like long tubes, generally come in stretchy knits, or, if made of wool or leather, slit to the thigh. One thing is certain: women who skirts and more fabric suggests to me that there are other ways of being sexy and feminine." Isaac Mizrahi writing in Vogue magazine lf ankle-grazin- AP Photos A call for neutrals Tracy wrap skirt and cut-awjacket in white, cappacino and gray plaid or a black Joan Vass tunic cardigan over a gray skirt. Gray, brown, black and camel are the colors to look for this fall as women's fashions shift into neutrals and a more masculine look. Try an Ellen ay by Cathy Guisewite cathy V KAREN: VACATION BACK FROM CAfflE MARK: WITH THE FLU. WORKED ALL (VN AWWAW. 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This fall, design- price levels, from discount store ers are reworking the Sergeant accessories to bags and umbrella's Pepper look with its kitsch military bearing the industry's most prestibrass and braids. Some big names gious names. Plenty of designers are even bringing bell bottoms are using animal print in full outfits: Nicole Miller, the bridge-price- d back from the dead. Related to the fitted, buttoned, creator of elegant little buckled and long military trend in dresses, is making formal wear in jackets and coats is the Edwardian animal prints, as is Marc Jacobs dandy, one of Ralph Lauren's new for Perry Ellis. In accessories, the hot looks insignature looks. Lauren seems to have lost some, though by no clude berets, sweater sets that apmeans all, of his passion for the pear plucked from the '50s, and wild west and north woods cabin platform shoes the footwear of fashions and is instead taking choice with the longer skirts. 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