Word: silk
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Want to fit in? Wear a tux. Want to hold your head high? Tie a piece of black silk under your Adam's apple. (Clip-ons are permissible -- if not entirely excusable -- only for maitre d's at restaurants that revolve atop the city's tallest building.) Want to -- be honest, now -- leave the party with some new company? Go in grosgrain...
...range of colors available for tuxes (like the sun- doused pastels in After Six's "Miami Vice" collection), as well as a scale of prices that rise from the bargain basement ($139 for a polyester- blend model made in Hungary) to $3,500 for a hand-tailored cashmere or silk number from William Fioravanti in New York City. "There are only about 500 of us in the world who own these Fioravanti tuxedoes," boasts New Jersey Entrepreneur Joe Taub, who swanks up his with diamond-and-ruby studs. Giorgio Armani works subtle and cunning variations on the classic...
...photographers, she threw her bouquet of white roses to a friend, and they were off, as the dapper groom explained, to stay "with friends in Rome for a few days and then we have to get back to work." And who had designed Rector's calf-length cream silk-and-lace ensemble? Answered she: "Calvin, of course...
...tuxedo accessory business suffering these days around Cambridge. While black silk bow tie and cummerbund sets costing $16.50 are the most popular choice at Keezer's, patrons at the Crimson Shop prefer brighter colors. "Patterned silk brocades are doing really well," one employee says...
...Filene's buyer, Brenda Hajjar, says "very glitzy looks are in this year. We're really not carrying prom-dressy-type dresses," says the assistant buyer. Beaded tops with silk shirts are among the most popular items at the 426 Washington St. store in Boston...