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Wear it or sell it, but
definitely dig it out
AP picture The snowstorm that brought havoc to Washington on Saturday brought with it some picturesque sights. This snow-covered tree on Capitol Hin makes an unusual frame to the Capitol building. AP picture The latest fashion movement is a step back as illustrated by this '70s-inspired velvet padded corset with embroidered pearls and a mermaid skirt in firefly chiffon from the autumn-winter collection of Thierry Mugler. Help
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The latest fashion movement is a step back as illustrated by this
'70s-inspired velvet padded corset with embroidered pearls and a mermaid
skirt in firefly chiffon from the autumn-winter collection of Thierry Mugler.
PARIS: Anyone who still has Jimi
Hendrix-era crushed-velvet trousers or
an earth-mother midi wool dress
stashed away in the back of the ward-
robe can bring them out.
Those who cringe at the idea of actu-
ally wearing them again can always sell
them to grunge freaks.
The needle is still stuck firmly in the
groove of the 1970s on the catwalks of
Paris, which is host to the ready-to-
wear shows this week. And grunge, the
United States street look which started
out as an anti-fashion statement, has
been redefined to mean wearing vin-
tage clothes, preferably picked up in
thrift shops.
Karl Lagerfeld, one of the pioneers
of '70s nostalgia, showed a range of
midi and maxi wool dresses in his
autumn-winter collection for Chloe.
There were loosely gathered wool
skirts, jersey tunic tops and two-pieces,
crushed velvet pinafores worn over lit-
tie mohair jumpers, with cardigans and
shawls. For evening there were black
lacy apron affairs over cocoa-brown
clingy jersey maxis, ethnic embroi-
dered kaftans and evening dresses con-
structed out of velvet ribbons.
Junko Shimada showed flashy satin
maxi dresses with skimpy woolly car-
digans tied under the bust. Giant black
and white houndstooth coordinates
were ungainly and a range of mohair
negligees looked unbelievably itchy.
Corinne Cobson opened with
clothes for cave-dwellers, uncut pelts
trailing the floor and outfits suitable
for Tarzan's Jane, nifty woollen two
pieces with low-slung leather belts.
Khaki army greatcoats were worn
with over-the-knee ribbed woolly
socks. Whatever they had on, the mod-
els clumped down the runway in "bov
ver" boots to a soundtrack of
aggressive rap and scratch.
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