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O September : 1 9 9 Fashion flas By WENDY HUDSON Staff Writer When it comes to fashioi women this season, anything gi According to area merchant students, what females wi wearing this fall ranges grunge to preppy. The newest trend for fall i '70s, according to Lynette I manager of The Limited at G bia Mall. "We went into the grunge but it was just a little too trasl some people, so we went ba the early seventies look," said. "It's still a grunge styl - _ J 1 \li jusi a mue oil urcsseu up. vy were ready for a change." Wide-legged pants, choker bodysuits with wide-legged are all items many college stu are buying and wearing, according to Koon. "Chokers at the neck, especially velvet ones, are very fW popular," she said, jjfl "The wide-legged H pants are our best I selling item. People 1 are now wearing H shear fabrics during | the day, and we I have wide-legged I pants in that fabric. I We also have them I in rayon, twill and I sweater knit." 9 For those stu- 9 dents who don't 9 want to pay higher prices at the mall, 1 B clothing stores such I as Hi-Lites offer \vl - I fm Vv f \V ? V jM9 i Accounting freshman Dia THE SEA! Lc mm K W hback takes trend z' namebrand clothing at a discounted price. I for "Many college students come to aeS our store because of our quality of j and clothes and our low prices," said II 5e Margaret Metts, manager of Hifrom Lites in the Seven Oaks Shopping Ppntpr s the "0ur biggest sellers are The Coon, Limited sweaters for $15 and their )lum- stirrup pants. We also have their washable silk poets shirts." look, Silk is also a good wardrobe iy for updater, according to Metts. ck to "One good item to update your Koon wardrobe is a silk top," she said, e but "When the weather turns colder, a omen sweater would be a good updater, also." s and Silk is also popular as lingerie, jeans according to Tammie Mlott, mandents ager of Victoria's Secret in Columbia Mall. "Silks are ^really popu^^lar," she 4 ^ jw f ? | ^ i s i: Id na Gentile models a crochet vest over a Ei~ SON FORf yyic 1 s into tne /us "Chemises, nightshirts and silk pajama sets are some of our biggest I sellers. One of the best ways to update your wardrobe is with silk pieces. Buy basics and prints to go with what you already have." Silk underclothes is one item that junior Ranya Zakhour bought when she went fall shopping. "i Kn.mht Hart fnrpst preen 1 UUU6..i "7 o shorts and tank sleep set and silk panties," Zakhour said. "I love all silk. Rich colors are more popular this year it seems. The dark colors ^ are more classy and not as frilly." Deep colors are one way designers are changing and updating IS 1992's fashions, according to Marlow Cox, assistant manager of The Jour Gap in Columbiana Centre. typii "Some of our favorite new items are in the darker colors," she said. "Long skirts, khakis and turtleneck sweaters are really in." At The (Jap, jeans are always ? popular. "Our denim is our most popular 4item," Cox said. "We sell lots of L jeans. We also sell lots of jackets and sweater vests." "I went to The Gap at the begin- ? ning of the year and bought jeans, ^ shirts, denim skirts and lots of tv Hk plaid," Zakhour said. "I just w ^^^bought everything there." p< Ek Don't worry if there is nothing appealing in this ir ^^ Lfall's fashions. The '80s tl look is bound to come w back in style again. vv Vk "Fashion goes p around," Koon d said. "It's cyclic." tJ ^ t c ' I ( Eric Glenn/The Gamecock bodysuit. o O f mr JH| ^^9^*** ! V ?00r V \ \\ M- fl ^ I Jk 1 mm WL \l 'if : tyl j & * m| Eric Glenn/The Gamecock nalism freshman Ami Finlay shows off wide-leg bottom jeans cal of the '70s look, with a classic white shirt. . i 1 1 1 Jirt-cneap auas iiuikc he man this season y CHRISTOPHER M. SMITH always have the newest fashions taff Writer and colors. Though the stores Most of us gentlemen have might be expensive, waiting for a vo things in common: We all sale is usually worth it. ear clothes, and we are all dirt Woods, a specialty store in x>r. Columbia Mall, has been selling Remember the days when plenty of jackets this tali. 10m and dad bought us every- "Barn jackets are our most ling we wanted? Those days popular new item," said Darrell 'ere great. Every morning, it QausCj manager of Woods. "Men 'as easy to go to the closet and Hke them fof thdr ,ook and lck out what to wear the next . T , ay appeal. It s a nice, rough, outNow, it's difficult to pick out (loor look' ne dirty clothes from the clean Jackets are also popular with lothes on the floor. Luckily, J* 'n Columbia Mall, icking out new clothes doesn't according to Assistant Manager iave to be expensive. Mary Pablo. One of the best trends this fall "We have the new cashmere s toward second-hand clothing, blazers in," she said. "Fall jackccording to journalism sopho- ets are also popular." nore Michael McClellan. Fall-style rugby shirts are also I wear whatever is cheap and according to Pablo, whatever I can get my hands .T|)e ragbies ^ our biggest >n, he said. I don t wear any- ,he said ?-phev |00|( .ndh^T "eW'' ?"ly bUy Se?" and are of good quality." '"consignment shops and Good- CaPs ue bi? for men' said vill stores are becoming more lja^seX)pular with college students for Wool caps are really popux>th their value and their selec- ^ar?' "Actually, any type ion. of cap is in. Washed items like Stores such as Structure, The cottons and twill are also big. So 5ap and major department stores is anything in fleece."