16 — Sunday, June 29, 1997 — North Shore News
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& FASHION

PAUL Minichiello’s

Making waves

Designers chart their course

By Layne Christensen

Fashion Editor
layne@nsnews.com
PROMOTERS were
billing it as Vancouver’s
first floating fashion
show.

The four featured designers
aboard were charting a course
they hoped would lead to com-
mercial success.

Dino Minichiello included
crushed velvet brief& with wide
athletic waistbands, targas and
bra tops.
These were followed by
Nathalie Dionne’s party
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To the credit of its organiz-
ers, Waves of Fashion, June 21,
managed to meet the expecta-
tions of most everybody on-
board.

The fashion show kicked off
with the bare essentials. ONS

blue. The design-
er himself thought them a litte
too adventurous for everyday

wear but the models liked them

so much they kept them on
after the show.

After the show, word of his
red satin suit got back to
Loverboy Mike Reno who, says
Dino, is having one custom-

undergarments designed by — made.

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reflects his adven-
turous approach to
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