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...that no one is rejecting is the rise in popularity of a wardrobe of scents -- one for the office, another for evening, still others to match season or mood. Brand loyalty is virtually a thing of the past. In another trend, women are using men's scents increasingly, especially Armani, Calvin Klein's Eternity, Chanel's Egoiste and Guerlain's classic Vetiver...
...neon colors on a high school letter jacket or baggy jerseys bearing electric-haired African- warrior logos. Stussy has caught on big with musicians ranging from Public Enemy to Madonna. Next he hopes to get a bit more formal. Says his partner: "Shawn has always wanted to be like Armani...
...Pillsbury -- has lost its allure: too drab, too ordinary and, in an approaching crunch, too superfluous. What's already in the closet is good enough for now, and if it's not -- if a man has the cash and a need for flash -- he's reaching way upscale, to Armani and Ralph Lauren and the heady heights of bespoke tailoring. The Europhile tailored look that belonged to the hard- eyed Gordon Gekkos of this world is moving into the mainstream...
...draw customers by offering sharp suits (including some unsold European-designer merchandise) at sharply cut prices. Designers and retailers who work the high end with a continental flair are also flourishing. GFT USA, the American branch of the large Italian textile company that manufactures and distributes such lines as Armani and Joseph Abboud throughout the U.S., estimates that it has cornered 20% of the higher-priced men's market (anywhere from $800 up), about double its share of only five years ago. Says Alan Bilzerian, who sells his own line of stylishly quirky and comfortable men's wear from...
...Round talks began, industrial nations agreed -- at the demand of many developing countries -- to phase out trade barriers to textiles and apparel. Last month, however, the U.S. Congress approved a protectionist bill that would further limit textile-and-apparel imports and impose new quotas on such European products as Armani suits and Benetton sweaters. The bill, which President Bush plans to veto, would not only undermine the U.S. negotiating position in GATT but also increase the average American family's annual clothing costs by $750 in a decade. While the House vote fell short of the two-thirds needed...