FASHION

Women’s
boutique

moves

MARGARETA IN West Van-
couver is moving house, but not

The new location of the
women’s clothing store will be
1441 Bellevue, just one building
over from the present site.

Opening today, the artistically
decorated store ~ ‘Il continue to
carry lines from Steilmann, Mr.
Jax and Morratti as well as the
Margareta label which accounts
for 75 per cent of the store’s stock.

Margareta also has a North
Vancouver discount store on West
3rd at the same location as the
Margareta factory, in addition to
three stores in Vancouver and one
in White Rock.

Hems stay the same

From page 15
combined with everything from fr-
inge to feathers.

There is a significant shift in
basic colors. If the '80s were dom-
inated by black and white, the "90s
will be marked by neutrals —
off-white, cream — and havy.

But if the basic colors are earth
tones, the accenting colors are
bright and artificial. There is bub-
bilegum pink, bright canary yellow,
light kelly green, and varying
shades of melon.

Just as women were managing to
get their hair to grow past their
shoulder blade, it was revealed that

. 1990 will be a year of short hair. If
it’s any consolation, skirts will
generally stay at the same sensible
length of just above the knee.

Because jewelry is richer and
more intricate this year, it is kept
to an absolute minimum.

The area in which designers
show the most innovation this year
is choice of fabric. The cuts
themselves are traditional and
often conservative. The textures
and flavors of other cultures will
mark the richly ornamented look
of the ’90s.

16 - Sunday, Apri! 1, 1990 - North Shore News

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