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Show " I ahr ; ult i'a kc tLribunr Saturday Morning, November 12, A 197 J V By Carolyn Mouson Lifestyle Writer Allan Turoff enjoys playing a game as much a I the next man as long as everybody plays by his rules. He can say that. Hes ore of about T people in the United States who make up the games people play. Mr. Turoff was in Salt Inik City recently to promote his latest invention, a Parker Brothers offering called "Boggle. If inventing games sounds simple, think again. He has been trying for a big success for Id years. In that time he has inaiketed J games or crafts None has Ixs-- really big. Oh, there was a paint by manlier craft that was pretty gKwi for about a year, he explained. But hes seen his braiiu hilil gathering dust on shelves since. As he explains it. the craft involved painting by number on a special paper. One baked it in the oven and doneness was achieved when the paper emerged as a miniature. Too Distracting He used to work at home, hut found it too distracting. "When would get stuck it was just too easy to walk into tlie kitchen and find reasons for not going back. He now travels to his work each day. Work is not. however, a toy shop complete with elves painting, hammering and sawing. Its a kind of warehouse 1 Allan Turoff Wedding .SIilurl- - about. An idea is usually sketched first and from there the prototype is put together. He says sometimes, he follows a formula. Other times, ideas just flash into my mind bang! Often 1 get a lot of completed images, one right after the other. The process isn't always methodical, but this seems to be the way it happens, he explained. Getting ideas, then getting them into a working model accounts for a small part of inventing. Ho then must sell it to the people who build and sell the games people play. Boggle. a word game, for instance, was turned down in I f f59 by Parker Brothers. .Another Word Game "They looked at it. hut just weren't in the market for another word game then. filing Shepherd and William R. Young were mar-- . ried Friday in the Salt Lake LDS Temple. A reception was given at Silvererest Reception Center. Andys Smorgasbord and Prime Rib was setting for a wedding luncheon. ' ' I "I have a couple of drafting tables and a work area with supplies scattered The bride, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tracey W. Shepherd Jr., Salt Lake City, graduated from the International Institute of Hair Design. The bridegroom, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Kendall W. Young, Holladay, filled an LDS mission to Brazil. T called a friend of mine at another was sent company, when Boggle Klein says it softly hack, but he told me not to bother to even send it in. I knew it was good. .So I just put it away for a time. Then Parker Brothers called me. He explained, the fird step is to send in the working model at which time their legal department has forms to fill out stating what and if and how much, etc. They study it. do a cost analysis (how much it would cost to make ft and whether people would be willing to pay the price) and they either decide to make it or send it back. Turoff is an independent and a professional. lie graduated from the Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, N. Y., with a degree in industrial design. He did some furniture designing and some streamlining of others designs, but admits he prefers innovation. "In high school I designed games and I've never been able to stop the ideas from popping into my head. Children are good at shaking up games. They invent rules to make it as fair as possible fur everybody. I just never got over it. A play invenactivity is really a tion, he said. C'ak ulating Approach Despite his cold and calculating approach to his inventions, he does have his whimsical side. lie tells the story of one Christmas t Eve in 1971, when he and his fiancee, Caroline, spotted smoke coming from the New York toy store F.A.O. Schwarz. They sounded the alarm and the fire was brought under control before irreparable damage was done. A little over tw o years later, he and Caroline were married in the giant doll house in F.A.O. Schwarz, to the accompaniment of Babes In Toy-lan- By N are the stars of the moment. Their clothes represent a goal to which other designers aspire. There is nothing complicated or tricky in either of their collections, which simply emphasize beautiful clothes. Their spring clothes were presented this week, on Seventh Avenue. By the time they were over, shortly before noon, touchstones for the new season were established. It was clear that clothes must be soft, fluid and supple, flowing gentle over the body and taking their shape from it. back-to-bac- The sole exception was a curvy little jacket that Calvin Klein placed over his simple, fluid dresses. He carved it in linen and put it over crepe de chine dresses or separates, and it may be Ihe exception that proves the rule. Or it may be the designer testing the ground for the shape that comes after the current trend has run its course. low-gra- But dont be distracted. Calvin Kleins main direction is to gentle, feminine styles that wrap around the body. Jackets are usually so soft theyre worn with the sleeves pushed up. Skirts are made with elasticized waistlines. Pullovers, even if they're silk jersey, are as simple as and even suede tops are so supple they could be made of glove leather. The main print is a tiny rose on crepe de chine, but there are graph patterns too. Linen is the dominant fabric, in herringbone patterns for d. He estimates he gets from three to eight ideas in a year. In 14 years, with just 20 of those ideas marketed, its a tenuous existence. "It would be nice to get a big success early on. so that later years were comfortable. he said. But what of someone, unknown, hitting it big? Uncle Fred's chances are miniscule. The big companies have their own staffs plus the 100 or so recognized independents. Getting a company to look at an idea would be nearly impossible." As to stealing ideas, he guesses most "inventions fall into the public domain category. Chances are somebody has already thought of it and most likely, the company is already at work on it. If you still want to try, be prepared for a wait. Bernadine Morris New York Times News Service EW YORK John Anthony and Caiv in Klein jackets and pants, in handkerchief weights for blouses and in faint jacquard designs. Cotton damask is another favorite, not starched as in tablecloths, but almost as soft as crepe de chine. .. Associated Press Wireohoto Calvin Kleins fashion takes the plunge during designers showing in New York. Dress features the casual look, with long flowing lines. For dressing up at night, there is summer satin, in candlelight of facepowder tones, in the same simple shapes as the daytime clothes, only perhaps barer. There is no law against wearing a satin camisole with linen pants during the day even though you're going to wear it with a satin skirt at night. Klein, who once was known for his sharply tailored clothes, has completed the transition to softly flowing styles. The fabrics are so luxurious they're sybaritic, the clothes so simple no one will say. Look at that dress shes wearing. 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