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...this isn't fun and games. We have a multimillion-dollar business to run, and we're not laughing all the way to the bank. Our whole economy is based on planned obsolescence." Bloomingdale's, obviously, is leaning Fairchild's way; so, for example, are Stanley Korshak in Chicago, Sakowitz in Houston, Erlebacher in Washington. The midi predominates in high-fashion stores, but there are alternatives: pantsuits particularly, plus a few minis...
...suit the venturesome male mood, mod boutiques are proliferating in department stores, from Manhattan's Bonwit Teller and Chicago's Marshall Field to Sakowitz in Houston and Bullock's in Los Angeles. Current symbol of the freer male attitude is the turtleneck pullover now being worn by just about everybody from Lyndon Johnson, who fancies the comfort of turtlenecks for travel aboard Air Force One, to the Duke of Windsor, who slips into one for small, informal dinner parties. To go with tuxedos for evening, turtlenecks are becoming fancier, now come in silk or piqué, with...
...most celebrated couturiers. Even André Courrèges, 44, had buyers at his latest showing sitting on their hands. But Courrèges is finding a happier home in the U.S. Boutiques carrying Courreges frocks at prices ranging from $200 to $500 have opened to sensational applause at Sakowitz Bros, in Houston and Bonwit Teller in New York. Bonwit's peddled 150 outfits the first day, leading Andre to confirm that he will spend six months a year in the U.S. "The American way of thinking," he noted, "corresponds...
...Francisco's Gump's, 6% for Dallas' Neiman-Marcus, and 5% for New York's Gimbels (despite the newspaper strike). Even more significant than the figures is the attitude of shoppers. "Figures aren't our guiding light," says President Bernard Sakowitz of Houston's Sakowitz Inc. "We go more by the climate of the people, and that's good...
Each of ten committee members will supervise a particular phase of the weekend's activities. William E. Rapp is vice-chairman and treasurer; Peter J. Solomon, Friday night chairman; Robert T. Sakowitz, Saturday night chairman; Lionel B. Spiro, refreshments; Ronald W. Fox, tickets; Charles C. Adams, entertainment; Robert C. Zeeb, decorations; Henry A. Billeter, programs; Kenneth J. Robinson, miscellaneous; and Thomas M. Engelsing, publicity...