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Show c, O Preview C5 D Comics C6 The Daily Herald Thursday, October 29, 1992 Election results rest on stature, not substance S f It's Writing from Washington a but now. wouldn't just thought this be an altogether much more splendid and saner country if we banned politicians from television ! or vice versa? As a gentleman of the salons and boulevards, I recognize that it is not my place to be intruding thoughts upon the American political process, where they're clearly not wanted. The American political process, to be sure, is less a Jack Itilian 4t PW J k i 4' Ml CV 11 : 1 ' P Tv'-- J - ' f . -- Is I t . ; - j- t 'i I : . - - ,: : KRT News Service concern of the salons than the saloons. I dwell in a world where it is of far more moment whether fashion designer Arnold Scaasi is indeed a close chum of Barbara Bush than whether her husband gets another four years at the president thing. But, like the better part of the electorate, I find myself Truly Appalled by the choices which have confronted us in every election since Gen. Eisenhower, who was certainly our last president of any substance and stature. Substance and stature, don't you know, do rather poorly in the TV ratings maybe a l .32 compared to, say, the 15.122 of Danielle Steele's "Jewels," or whatever ratings Bill Clinton got on "60 Minutes" when he anguished, with wifey nobly at side, over the meaning of Gen-nif- Herald PhotosPatrick Costumes depicting Henry VIII .... Model wears a Costume Cavalcade illustrates fashions through the centuries so much piffle. Consider the presidents we had before television which is to say, the presidents we had who couldn't possibly have been elected had there been television around in their political day. Georgf Washington w ould doubtless be among 'em. A man as ponderous in word as he was in belly and posterior, he had a perpetually pained and glum look, owing largely to his beige-colorewooden false teeth. Thomas Jefferson wouldn't have made the cut. either. He tended to shabby clothes and slippers, had unkind things to say about nearly everyone and, fortunately, seldom spoke above a whisper. By his own admission, Abraham Lincoln was one of the truly ugliest Americans of his time. As it d was, he credited a Matthew by Brady portrait photo with winning him the nomination and election (with less than 40 percent of the popular vote!), as the clever brushwork transformed Lincoln into a very handsome man. He had a nasal, twangy voice that would have made Perot's sound like Richard Burton's, and a snobby. Southern, looney grande dame of a wife who would have made Nancy Reagan seem about as imperial as Bess Truman. Yet in the hindsight of history, each of these men among other presidents just as untelegenic were indispensable to the grow th and survival of the United States. uijV. 4 I Southern Utah University students and theater department personnel while Fred C. Adams, founder and executive producer of the festival, narrated the show. The Costume Cavalcade was presented as part of a four-da- y tour, during which time the cast gave 12 performances. Models showed dresses from the play "King Lear which illustrated that in the year 1000, women wore many layers to keep themselves warm. Their sleeves -- By CHRISTI CONOVER Herald Arts Editor 75-pou- replica of Queen Elizabeth I's coronation gown. The actual gown weighed 300 pounds. This replica includes 300 yards of mate- tures of television. This talk of airing "issues" in these television encounters is just (Crohn of England and his wife, Katharine of Arragon. show Henry wearing a chain of state, and Katharine wearing a gabled headdress. er Flowers. What we have had since Ike has been presidents and candidates mostly of style, not substance, and often shoddy style at that. That's because all these presidents and candidates have been largely crea- J. Men were often creators of fashion OREM in the times of William Shakespeare's plays, while the outfits of royalty sometimes broke the bounds of common sense. These points were made clear during a recent fashion show at Utah Valley Community College which followed the history of clothing from the I rial. . v - extended far beyond their hands with openings to allow their hands to move outside. The sleeves were sewn closed at the ends, creating long pockets where ladies placed live mice and rats to keep their hands warm, Adams said. About 100 years later, because of changes in architecture which created more effective fireplaces and coverings for windows, clothing became lighter. See COSTUMES, Page C2 Dark Ages through the death of England's Queen Elizabeth I. Titled the Utah Shakespearean Festival Costume Cavalcade, the show featured about 50 costumes used in Shakespearean plays presented during the annual Shakespearean Festival in Cedar City. The costumes were modeled by 10 I d, i K - e much-doctore- high-pitche- Consider the v Gads-d- e acquiring the Purchase. Much of his time in the White House he spent dead drunk. I was about to say that, if we go on this way, we're going to start actually electing photogenic but film and TV stars fluffy-minde- d to the nation's highest office, even if they have no other qualifications. But I needn't say that, need I? It l- i i ' jl f . A Jl Utah Shakespearean Festival founder Fred Adams, right, explains that men used to wear multi colored tights to draw attention to their legs. t i n . - V s V j Sewing provides a designer look, if not a designer label By WENDI WINTERS For AP Special Features pres- his accomplishments amounted mostly to his falling off his horse during the Mexican War and his - y 1 t t III i I 1 1 ; d, idents w ho would have thrived with the invention. The extraordinarily handsome and heroic Franklin Pierce was one. though ' YORK Jeans by Calvin Klein. Blazer by Ralph Lauren. Dress by Donna Karan ... More accurately, they were designed by these top Seventh Avenue fashion folks but made by you. the home sewer. The Sewing Fashion Council, a NEW . New York trade group, says more than 150 million patterns were sold last year to the 30 million American women who sew. Each year, the council says, an increasing number are designer patterns created by some of the biggest in American fashion. While a percentage is bought by names professional dressmakers, there are plenty of home sewers up to the task. Vogue Patterns has been selling the Classic Calvin Klein Jean since 1980. According to Joan Watkins, vice president, it has sold more in the past decade than any other Vogue pattern. This tapered, jean five-pock- can be made for about S38 including SI 2.50 for pattern No. 2850, 1 12 yards of denim, a zipper and a grommet button. Store-boug- ht Calvins can cost up to $64. Making a second pair of jeans with the same pattern reduces the cost even further. But beware: Your machine may need a special accessory to help keep the presser foot horizontal on bulky intersecting seams. A home-sew- n glas plaid jacket. Vogue Pattern No. 2780, costs about SI 13 to sew, compared w ith about S750 at retail. "Designer patterns are an important part of our business," Watkins says. "Over 30 percent of our sales are designer patterns." According to statistics, she says, these patterns are bought by older baby boomers who live in or near urban areas. They have a good education and an average annual family income of S50.000. She says 65 percent are employed, more than 40 percent as professionals or managers. "Most people sew today because they love it. not because they have to." says Linda Turner Griepen-troeditor of Sew News, a fashion magazine targeted to the home g, version of a Ralph Lauren red and blue Dou sewer. "Sewing is a creative outlet for them, and they want the quality and fit they don"t find in store-boug- ht clothes." Griepentrog also points out that many of the same fabrics and trims in ready-mad- e clothing are available through local fabric notions shops or from catalogs. At Fabricville, a shop in Upper Montclair. N.J.. owner Natalie Tiano says customer demands have changed in the past 10 years, including more requests for designer patterns and better fabrics. "A lot of my customers are working women who want to wear better clothes so they sew designer patterns for a fraction of what a similar item would cost in mail-ord- er home-sewin- g a store." she says. 3 Designer patterns aren'tTiew. Vogue Patterns introduced the first designer-license- d patterns in 1949. featuring eight leading-Paricouturiers. It wasn't until 1967, however, that American designers s joined them, led by Oscar iie la Renta. 1 McCall's sells licensed patterns by Laura Ashley, Gitano, Joseph Love and more. Butterick-Patterns- " licenses include Linda Allard for Ellen Tracy, and Ronnie Heller. Evan-Picon- e "Sim- plicity's collections include Christie Brinkley. Jessica MoClin-toc- k. Diane Gilman and Dennis Goldsmith. For more information, call |