Show Page 10 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Monday August 10 1998 Styles for the ‘Everyman’ hit runways streets NEW YORK (AP) — As we approach the new millennium men's fashion is taking a more casual look And while flamboyant is fun clothes for the Everyman are what's important That's the message from many of New York's designers for spring Designer Tommy Hilfiger used 26 “real people" as models for his show including a bike messenger welder NYPD scuba diver and a waiter There was an interesting mix of designs — a light blue French cuff shirt paired with white denim painter pants and worn with a dark tan a yellow cotton suit Hilfiger didn't forget to add a dash of glamour His “real people" included actor Thomas Gibson of in a herring“Dharma and Greg” bone linen suit) Alan Cumming of Broadway's “Cabaret" (looking positively impish in cargo clam diggers and a boatncck shirt) and rapper Pras of The Fugees Donna Karan's DKNY men's collection emphasized informality without sloppiness layering drawand tank top or silk string trousers with a short-sleeshirt Her suits were sleek lightweight g and Hugo Boss dressed its models in single-breastand crew neck suits khaki trousers cotton sweaters Actors Dennis Hopper and Ben Stiller watched attentively from the front row Hatching up the celeb factor was actor Samuel L Jackson who closed the show wearing the paper suit made popular by '60s pop artist Janies Rosenquist and brought back by Hugo Boss For Gene Meyer the emphasis was on ease of dressing: “Pull on a top pull up a pant slide into a shoe” This translated into wider-lc- g pants and sleeveless shirts David Chu of Nautica showed a higher-ris- e trouser cargo shorts jams and drawstring pants in white khaki and tones of blue Kenneth Cole who says “to be aware is more important than what you wear" showed a sleek three-butto- n suit in black worn with a white shirt and black tie But his collection also included drawstring pants and hooded sweaters and loose jackets worn with cargo pants ld Sandy Dalai was in a playful mood sending models in a circular pattern among his seated guests The clothes were fun and watching the models going around in circles — some of them going the wrong way — only added to the lighthearted atmosphere Dalai the winner of a Council of Fashion Designers of America award 1999 for new menswear talent combined all of today's shirts pinstripe youthful elements: floral printed sleeveless silk and jersey pants Cynthia Rowley showed that girls just want to have fun creating a day at the beach on a Manhattan rooftop She draped folding chairs in boldly striped towels and provided guests with a bottle of sunscreen and a tube of lip balm Then under dark clouds and amid a few raindrops she sent out her models They wore clam diggers floral print pants tanks Rowley's designs were more g and cashmere-cotto- n flamboyant than Marc Jacobs' twill iridescent and sweatshirts pants and Bartlett's urban jodhpurs and lilac field pants Back on the streets of Manhattan mainstream designer Ron Chereskin didn't have to hire models for his Everyman look He rode through the city in bus scooping up male tourists off a double-deckthe streets for fashion makeovers The men loved their new looks — casual shirts shorts and pants — and they got to keep the clothes irt two-butt- Michael Cannon editor at largemen's fashion for Town A Country magazine describes the collections that were shown during Men's Fashion Wrek as dean and casual with clothes that every man wears This includes unstructured jackets wider pant legs and a more relaxed (but definitely not sloppy) attitude toward business dressing "The designers have really zeroed in on the sort of fresh clothes that are appropriate for today's man relaxed in feel and using separates such as a jacket and pants" Cannon said This doesn't mean that men are going to say goodbye to the suit and tic — although the shirt and lie may he replaced by a crew neck sweater or especially among younger men “I still think the suit is not going away" Cannon said and designers like Ralph Lauren and Joseph Abboud agree “The atmosphere in the workplace is changing and for spring men want to be cool and comfortable and the designers reflect that” Designer John Bartlett describes the evolution of mcnxwcar as a “steady exfoliation of rules and regulations" As the lines between tailoring and sportswear continue to blur Bartlett says clothing can be g loose or rigorously tailored or unstructured both sober in color and vibrantly patterned What does that mean for the man on the street? There's the layered look starting with a basic crew neck shirt topped with another shirt sweater or jacket over it And there's the traditional look pairing a suit with a classic white shirt and dark tie or coordinating all three pieces in varying shades of the same color look those clam Then there's the cutting-edg- e and diggers sleeveless padded “muscle" vibrantly colored jackets and pants — such as Bartlett's hot pink cashmere stretch jacket worn with a pink royal oxford shirt and hot pink leather pants In other words something for everyone including the young and daring tight-fittin- ve er easy-fittin- ed snug-fittin- Chereskin’s collection called “The Modern Tourist” includes khakis drawstring pants and cargo shorts — a dominant theme in many of the spring collections Pink and khaki celadon and aqua navy and linen mustard and black were the dominant color groups mobile Claiborne Menswear parked its showroom next to the New York Public Library where many of the shows were held Three “real guys” — two lawyers and an entrepreneur — were given fashion makeovers Actor Wallace Langham of “Veronica's Closet” told the crowd gathered on the sidewalk: “This is what real guys are all about This is for the guy who wants to go beyond khakis and a The three “real guys” emerged from the Claiborne changing room dressed in a suit or jacket and or pants with shirts layered over a shirt Commented Karen Murray president of Claiborne Menswear: “Men finally have a comfortable wardrobe somewhere between the formal look of jeans” k and the 35-fo- ot rt" zip-fro- nt TVenty-one-year-o- Bike messenger Michael Cried models an orange three-butto-n acket over a red logo cotton The white top damdlgger pants are accented with a red and blue band at the knee The design la part of Tommy Hunger's spring 199 collection shown In New Ynkln July irt ck suit-and-- tie laid-bac- Museum exhibit highlights LC Tiffany’s decorating skills By Barbara Mayer For AP Special Features Tiffany's work but is one of the hardest to get at because the interiors do not survive” said Ms People ooh and aah over brilliant stained glass windows and lampshades and fanciful iridescent glassware designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany But how many know that Tiffany (1848-193also was one of the most inventive interior decorators this country has produced? A new exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum on the occasion Ftoelinghuysen Portions of only two of many residential projects are known to be extant One is the entrance hall at the Ayer mansion in Boston The other exists in parts of Mark Train's house now a museum in Hartford Conn There are black and white pho- 3) tographs of Tiffany's 150th birthday exposes this lesser-know- n aspect or his career while also displaying a full range of Tiffany studio objects “I do not know of any other person who worked in so many media" said Alice Cooney curator of the exhibit in the museum's American wing January 1999 21 “William Morris comes closest" Morris the great 19th century Arts and Crafts theorist and designer worked with friends to establish a successful interior decorating business while producing textiles furniture and other objects Tiffany did the same thing a few decades later in Both men achieved worldwide reputations the United States as design innovators Like Morris Tiffany and his employees were capable of doing it all when given the chance — as they often were The firm worked color was such an important part of the effects Tiffany Studios cre- ated they are certainly better AP photo This table lamp with a water-lil- y shade was designed by Louis Comfort Tiffany and is part of an exhibit devoted to the artist at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art with architects and garden designers on the form of buildings Then the Tiffany studio went on to create the interior surfaces from the floors up They filled these spaces with custom window coverings lighting furniture and accessories “Interior design was one of the aspects of most important plug please than nothing Tiffany established his style in his first interior project in 1878 at his own apartment in Manhattan Some hallmarks of his style were rooms filled with exotic touches from the Orient Oriental rugs were scattered on floors and walls were festooned with Japan- ese wallpaper and woodwork inspired by India There were stained glass windows and plenty of accessories from China and Japan Although Tiffany hardly ever left a surface plain commentators wrote of the spirit of delicacy in UTAH 752-307- 8” Jointed 7:00-9:1- 8 it He was a bon vivant on the order id the late Malcolm Forbes His parties were as celebrated as those given by Forbes and they regularly made the newspapers He hired actors to perform served exotic food ana loved to dress up in elaborate costumes Tiffany was raised in luxury as the only son of Charles Lewis Tiffany who founded Tiffany & Co in New York in 1837 and made it an internationally renowned jewelry and silver retailing establishment Instead of going into the family business immediately the son struck out on his own first as a St 50 Ifcft Ift OK Robin B” J m 99 Toola (2831-1- M 19” Tall) AMI 75M444 AVAIIAMI NOW 1 Pfhtatwa 'MAI IMIS All SIIMMIR 10M5! 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