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...Monica Lewinsky become the de rigueur fashion for eighth-and ninth-graders? Yet the trend is undeniable. Sales of thongs to tweens (a market now defined ridiculously broadly as ages 7 to 12) have quadrupled since 2000, from a modest $400,000 to $1.6 million, according to NPD Fashionworld, a market-tracking firm. And there's nothing skimpy about what girls ages 13 to 17 spent on thongs last year: $152 million, or 40% of their overall spending on underpants. Do their mothers know...
...apparel industry overall suffered a 4% drop, sales of pajamas jumped 34% from 2001 to '02, according to NPD Fashionworld, a market-information company. Copresident Marshal Cohen predicts that pajamas as streetwear will be a big trend this spring. "No one wants to spend money on clothing anymore," he says, "but consumers are willing to spend money on something that allows them not to have to change clothes three times...
...claim isn't oversize. Half of all U.S. women 15 and older wear a size 14 or larger. And market research firm NPD Fashionworld figures plus-size women spent $17.1 billion on clothes last year, a 22% increase from the year before...
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