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Layne Christensen

Fashion Editor
layne@usnews.com

AROMATHERAPY
can offer comfort from
a cold.

The healing art of using

the fragrant extracts of

plants and flowers to alter
mood and cure is can help
make those nasty sick days as
comfortable and pleasant as
possible.

This winter, Coty intro-
duces Cold Comfortheraphy,
a_ holistic line of soothing
aromatherapy-based — prod-
ucts available in drugstores
and = department stores
nationwide.

Products contain euca-
lyptus, menthol, wintergreen
and other essential oil
extracts.

Comfort dry lips with
Tender Lasting Care Li
Balm ($4.50). Made wit
essential oil of eucalyptus, it
contains suntlower oil, jojo-
ba, echinacea, tea tree and
aloe and is infused with vita-
mins E and C to soothe and
heal chapped skin.

Clear the way with Un-
Stuff Vaporizing Balm
(S11). Made with eucalyp-
tus, zinc, goldenseal and
echinacea, this translucent
balm can be rubbed on the
chest for cough and conges-
tion and under the nose fora
stuffed-up head.

Soak away winter blues
with Chills Chaser Bath
Crystals ($12.50), contain-
ing clary sage, echinacea,
eucalyptus and kava kava.

Bed down with Breathe
Deeply Pillow and Room
Spray ($10.50), with echi-
nacea, rosemary and sweet
marjoram to clear the air and
brighten the spirit.

See Herbal puge 16

north shore news

 RASHION

Designers showcase
a season of simple luxury

WHEN shopping the January
sales, it may help to know your
Cs,

Igedo Company, presenters of

Collections Premieres Dusseldorf, an
international fashion fair for buyers and
press held seasonally in Germany, has
issued its annual trend report in’a fun
format — fashion from A to Z.
is for anti-freeze pullovers: Are
fashion designers anticipating
more ice storms? To ensure that no one
freezes next winter, there will be loads
of extra thick fluffy cuddly pullovers
with warm polo necks or hoods
attached.
is for Ballet Russe: Impressions
from czarist Russia, and the
famous bailet company that influenced
fashion in the 1920s and early 1930s —
opulent rich tones of red, green and
brown, decorated with antique gold and
copper.
C is for comfort: Fashion can only
enjoy success if it is enriched with
its very own “vitamin C for comfort.”
New fabrics blended with Lycra or
Dorlastan make new figure-fitting pants,
skirts, dresses, and jackets into truly
wearable and desirable fashion.
D is for dandy: Dandy is not neces-
sarily a male attribute. His female
counterpart may sometimes borrow his
perfectly tailored suit and austere white
shirt and top them off with a tie or
cravat. Hair, make-up and high-hecled
shoes are the only gender clues.
E is for European luxury: Look for-
ward to super-soft fabrics in rich
shades of ruby red, violet, purple,
amber, agate and black. And to elegant
velvet and fur trimmed collars, cuffs,

” MEW YEARS) -

and hems, that underscore the luy-
ury and affluence of pre-First
World War high society.
FE is for fleece: The soft pile fabric
that started life as a sportswear
favourite, is now fashionable for city
wear — vests, jackets, tops and coats.
G is for grey, grey, grey: Grey is fall
and winter’s new key colour —
every shade of grey, from silver to
charcoal, pale greys teamed with dark
greys, grey menswear fabrics for sports-
wear, shimmering grey silks for evening,
grey astrakhan (real and faux) for cuddly
knee- and hip-length fur coats.
H is for homespun: Comfortable
coarse-grained fabrics with an
irregular weave, reminiscent of medieval
hand-woven clothes made from rough
yarns produced on humble cottage
spinning wheels.
I is for inserts of lace or embroidery
in silky body fashions, sleepwear
and underwear. New, are laces garnished
with glitter and beading. The demand
for ultra feminine lingerie goes on and
on.
is for jabot: Frills and flounces
around the neckline, fashionable for
men in 17th and 18th century France,
and promising to be in vogue for
women this winter.
K is for knits: Never out of fashion,
and always comfortable. The latest
are long and lean, supple, plain or
patterned with contrasting textures.
Designed into simple classics or with
clever complicated draping.
L is for leg-of-mutton: A_ revival
of 19th Century fashionable
English “leg-of-mutton” or French

See Winter page 19

z

C is for... cosy
coats that envelope
the wearer in comfort
and style. This one is
from Comma, as
shown on the runway
at igedo Dusseldorf
last February.