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...overall appearance can overpower any individual piece of clothing, no matter how dapper your accessories. Even Armani can't save you if your hair stands on end and your fingernails haven't been clipped since you left home for college...
When it comes to fashion, both Clintons might best be described as conscientious objectors. "I don't think he even knows who Armani is," marvels an aide somewhat hyperbolically. Clinton's suits are still bought off the rack from Dillard's, a down-home Little Rock department store. In his casual wear, Clinton favors jeans and khakis, not even bothering to follow his generation in its mid-life enthusiasm for the Gap and Banana Republic. The President-elect's constant battles with his weight might influence fashion were not Levi's already hitting it big with Dockers, which...
...with us always, TIME asked top designers for their daydreams of a half-century hence. Christian Lacroix and visionary film director Tim Burton favor technology to overcome environment. Donna Karan merges clothing with communications gear. Geoffrey Beene believes that men will dump the suit -- as he already has. Giorgio Armani, noting that the basic 1940s outline is still chic, plumps for his easy elegant styles, be they last year's or next millennium...
...late 1980s, when Wall Street was busy churning out Armani-clad traders and chilling the champagne, a small Texas brokerage house was in the midst of a holier mission. Peddling investments in goodwill, AMI Securities sold more than $250 million in bonds on behalf of American churches between 1986 and 1989. But according to a Securities and Exchange Commission suit filed against the firm last week, the bond offering was no blessing to tens of thousands of unsuspecting investors...
...college-educated member of the Bloods who got out. He made a great deal of money dealing crack, invested it and now lives very well with his family in a nice neighborhood. He doesn't deal anymore. To most people, Rider appears to be a successful investor. He wears Armani suits, collects classic cars, owns a 40-ft. powerboat. He drives a four-by-four but keeps an Uzi stashed in the back, just in case...