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Dear Mattie:

Lam getting mixed sig-
nals. Which is more fashion-
able — plaids or nweeds?
Contemplating tartan in
Tiddleycove

Dear Tiddleycove:

Actually, both are quite
fashionable this season.
Tommy. Hilfiger’s all-
American preppy look with
houndsteoth and Donegal
tweed suits are worn with
light turtleneck sweaters. His
Scottish tartans come in tra-
ditional green, navy, red and
white. Tnis collegiate collee-
tion revolves around a young
and sporty attitude.

Fabrics made of wool are
very smart this season and
car he found in tweed coats,

sckets and hound-
stent pants.Chanel’s bold,
overscale tweed weaves are

chic and classic.

Spanish designer Miguel
Adrover clearly has an out-
standing ability to identify,

FASHION

the fashion moment. He has
reconfigured garments made
out of Burberry coats. He
also has functional plaid
pants with chunky knits.
Paris designer Sonia
Rykiel’s chocolate-and-red
overscale plaids also have a
Burberry fecl. Menichetti’s
kilts come in a hot pink ver-
sion of the Burberry check,
wrapped and pinned i in an
ingcnious fashion, worn with
layers of fine cashmere and

Fashion artfully combines styles that
successfully dare to individually expiore a

variety of influences.

cool biker-inspired jackets.
Plaids can be punk and chic.
_ Vievor Alfaro clearly has
one objective in mind when
designing, and this is to make
women look as glamorous as
humanly possible. Women
want to play with fashion by
mixing and matching leather
motorevele jackets in vibrant
colours with chunky knits
and plaid fringed skirts.

Fashion artfully combines
styles that successfully dare to
individually explore a variety
of influences.

Alberta Ferretti’s label
Philosophy is fresh and
young, mixing elegant Deco-
inspired dressing with edgy
Med looks. A tartan
miniskirt can be worn with a
preppy burgundy vest. Varsity
jackets and tie-neck blouses ~

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give you a very dynamic and
urban lock. A black and
white argyle sweater worn
with a black miniskirt is very
beatnik.

Josephus Thimister’s fall
designs for the Genry label
centred on the idea of con-
trasts, alternating between
rigorous tweeds, light muslin:
and patchworks of shimmer-
ing, ethereal weaves. Genny’s
fabric polarity elements are
complimentary, sophisticated
and beautiful.

For Louis Vuitton, Mare

- Jacobs captured the mood of

the moment. The fabric mix
is modern with herringbone
tweeds, cashmere fishnet and
matte satin. Backless, chiffon
blouses with amber beads
and big mohair and angora
pullovers with gold threading
compliment Lanvin’s A-line
tweed skirts. Byblos? trousers
are narrow in tweed. The | -.
waists are fitted or have knoi-
ted belts. Tweeds are funky,
uptown and very wearable.
BCBG delivers a lot of
trends. There are plaids and
tweeds with polished : -
leathers, patchwork and bro-
cades shot through with |
metallic threads. The overall

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eftect can be too much, espe-
cially when all the elements
are mixed together.

Another great wool fabric
is houndstooth. A neat
houndstooth check dress can
be proper until you notice
the zip up the back, which
epens at-both ends, and up
on the arms. Dressed like the
hippest teenage schoolgirl, it
is hard not to adore the
clothes or the attitude.

It's a good fashion
moment for wool. There is
an emphasis on eclectic
comfy tweeds and plaids
coming together in an extrav-
agant potpourri of texture

-.and colour. The idea is not to

just wear plaids or nweeds but
to wear them with garments
that compliment their streng,
fashion appeal.

Detect the undercurrents
of patterned wool and trans-
form them into style sensibil-
ity. Stylishly bring back the
mod teenager. Add a splash
of Blondie or Coco Chanel
and create an ultra-cool
Highland glamour for your-
self.

Adieu, «

Mattie

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