Fall accessories flash back to gracile schoo!

ACCESSORIES DESIGNERS rose
to the head of the class for fall,
choosing pieces that work well with
schoolgirl and menswear-inspired
looks for day and disco-queen
glamor for evening.

By Layne Christensen
Fashion Reporter

Pick up one or all of the follow-
ing 10 must-have items for fall and
get set to hit the bocks (or the
dancefloor).1) Over-the-knee
socks or thigh-highs: If flashbacks
to grade school give you the shud-
ders, then this trend is not for you.
Great legs and lots of patience are
required to pull off this season's
hottest look.

Black opaque thigh-highs look
best when worn to accessorize a
schoolgirl jurnper and crisp white
men’s-style shirt or short black slip
dress and white tee. Cabled wool or
subtly patterned over-the-knee
socks work well with short tweedy
suits, shearlings and woolly
sweaters.

2) The backpack: Whether its
done up in black velvet. tartan,
inelton cloth, feather, or animal

print. the knapsack is the carryall of

choice for fall. it even shows up for
evening in silver lame at Neto.

3) Sterling silver: Metal jewelry
sets the standard for fall. Industrial
hardware looks carry over from
spring, with T.D. bracelets, dog
tags, chain link necklaces, and
nuckle-busting rings heading the
list.

For a richer look, silver is orna-
mented by colcred beads and stones
like topaz, hematite and amethyst.
4) Anything tartan: Accessories
designers have gone mad over
plaid. Schoolgirl tartan shows up on
everything from headbands and
baseball caps to wallets and bavk-
packs.

Even Ralph Lauren clad his

models in plaid, patring tartan
hosiery with shart, kicky skirts and
fuzzy Nordic sweaters.
5) “Manchester” ‘booties: The
Beatles had the right idea. Short,
polished-leather boots go especially
well with manstyle suits.

6) The Wonderbra: Fashion indus-
iry insiders are dubbing it “The
Wonder Year.” The hype surround-
ing the Bra Wars between Gossard
and Wonderbra, and the furor over
Karl Lagerfeld’s Wundercorset at
the Paris couture are boosting sales
of cleavage-enhancing bras.

7) Rhinestones: For evening. you
just can’t beat the glamor of rhine-
stones, especially when worn with
silver lame,

8) Over-the-knee boots: Yves
Saint Laurent showed them in eroc-
adile with a fitted jacket and micro-
mini; Ralph Lauren showed them in
leather with black britches, leather
doublet and white ruff. We don’t
recommend them unless (once
again) you have great legs and lots
of patience.

9) The sport watch: It takes a lick.
ing and keeps on ticking. The
Timex stainless-steel classic returns
for fall.

Also popular are plastic madels
from Armiteoa, and the silver and
gold chronograph from Guess.

10) The hat: Leather and plaid

tans

acces-

sorize

the school-

girl look:

berets add a beatnick
flair; bowlers and fedoras
accent man-style suits.
Eleanor Mack's black felt
bowler woven with satin
and velvet ribbons is

a winner.

CLOCKWISE FROM top: mid-
sized backpack, Neto; ster-
ling silver ring and necklace
with toggle closure, Phoenix;
Guess black leather “combat”
boots, Zig Zag; felt bowler,
Eleanor Mack.

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