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By The Associated Press
Once women proved they didn't
have to look like a man to think
like a professional, they bagged
the business suit and took up with
dresses and separates.
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sance and what's out there for fall
doesn't look anything like the
dowdy duds of a decade ago.
Even Norma Kamali's sleek i
dark pants suits with fedoras and
oxfords look sexy.
But if you're buying only one
suit this fall, the color to have is
red or fuschia, says LaVelle Olexa,
senior vice president of fashion
merchandising at Lord & Taylor.
Add insurance and make it plaid.
"A traditional tartan or newly colored
in fuschia and green," she
suggests.
lexiure is cremcnuousiy unpuitant,
too, according to Peggy Kaufman,
senior vice president at Ann
Taylor. "Tartans, tweeds, boucles
? they all have a 3-D look and
feel."
Jackets and skirts, sold as a unit
or as matching separates, offer
variety.
Many of the jackets are long
and lean, but other styles range
horn traditional blazers to peplums
and couture-inspired cardigans
with the requisite gold buttons and
contrast binding.
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Skirts can be skinny, pleated or
flared; long or short But style and
length must be in proportion to the
jacket.
Olexa calls a pleated skirt the
new standard.
"Pick a skirt with some fullness
and movement" she suggests. "It
looks new, fresh, flippy."
Or choose a flared skirt Kaufman
says.
"It's all about a sense of motion,
away from a feeling of tremendous
structure."
Length depends on style.
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knee can take a longer, bigger
jacket," Kaufman says. "On the
other hand, a longer flared skirt ?
say, mid-calf ? takes a shorter
jacket. It's a question of balance.
A customer must never feel that
the outfit is wearing her."
For more mileage, try separates.
"The concept of separates is to
create versatility," says David
Tharp, a vice president at Brooks
Brothers. "They work great, for instance,
if you're a size 10 bottom
and size 8 top."
The plaid suit wanders far afield
of the traditional gray glen plaid of
yore. Like, how about one in
leather?
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suede?
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zippers and buttons for a here-andnow
look.
'The scuba style continues into
fall, done in basic solids like black
and brown, as well as fashion
brights," Olexa says.
Buttons are news, too. Look for
them as a bonus on a nifty new
suit or haunt flea markets and side
street shops in search of some to
update last year's buy. Look for
oversized pearl, crystal, colored
stones or gold or silver.
"They're all great decorative updates,"
Olexa says. "They're really
a form of self-jewelry, and they
create a suit you could wear to the
office and out to dinner."
If you don't want to shop for a
blouse and you find the lingerie
look too revealing, suit up in a
dress and jacket
"This year many of the dresses
at Ann Taylor will have jackets in
varying lengths so you have an
outfit that looks like a suit," Kaufman
says. "For evening you can
take off the jacket and underneath
you have a dinner dress ? a slip
dress with straps or a tank or
chemise."
Jewelry can set the tone. "In the
office stick a pin on your jacket"
Kaufman says, "and at night, wear
the pin on your dress, along with a
necklace."
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