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...once exciting and rewarding." Bergdorf says it swiftly received more than 100 applications for the jobs, which can reward persuasive salesmen with commissions that exceed $100,000 a year. Such incomes should help keep the former Masters of the Universe snappily attired in everything from tasseled loafers to silk cravats. As an added perk, Bergdorf is offering a 30% discount on merchandise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RETAILING: From Mergers To Menswear | 6/4/1990 | See Source »

...jubilant. "I'm looking at a 300% to 400% increase over last year," gloats Glen Greenbaum, vice president of sales for Danskin. Hue, whose lines are sold in 2,000 stores nationwide and in Canada, is up 70% since 1987. At Hermes, leggings are selling like the famous heavy silk scarves. "Even grandmothers are buying them," says a salesclerk. One reason for the popularity of the fashion is economic. As Christian Lacroix, whose palette is wild and whose prices are hair-raising, points out, "This fashion comes from the street, where young people create their own style." Tights and body...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fashion: Stripping Down to Essentials | 5/14/1990 | See Source »

Doctoroff continues to dazzle in all her appearances, especially the more risque numbers. She is wonderful as the tease in "Ah, But Underneath"; she slowly strips off her jewelry, gloves, stockings, etc., until she stands in only a silk camisole...

Author: By Daniel J. Lehman, | Title: Sondheim AIDS Show Benefits All | 4/27/1990 | See Source »

...offerings was the Asian American Dance Troupe, which performed a "Dance of the Red Silk Ribbon." In the dance, women swirled ribbons gracefully as they stepped back and forth...

Author: By Letitia J. Daria, | Title: Pre-Frosh Attend Cultural Show | 4/21/1990 | See Source »

...planned on skipping school and "bust some nigger heads with my nigger stick"-- the wooden club he kept in the gun rack of his pickup truck. Like nearly every other pickup truck in the South, Joey's truck had Confederate flag vanity plates and a Stars and Bars silk-screened on the back windshield...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Against the Rebel Flag | 4/14/1990 | See Source »

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