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WOMEN ARE wearing the pants this summer.

By Carol Crenna Contributing Writer

Since skirt lengths are in transi- tion, wavering from thigh to ankle, and no one is exactly sure of the best length, some women are simply opting out and choos- ing pants instead.

It is no wonder, since pants are being offered in so many styles.

There is sure to be a style to suit every mood and every figure.

Designers must have instinctive- ly realized that consumers would need an alternative to skirts,

especially those women not yet ready to ‘‘gu long.”’

To ease the transition and cover more leg, pants are shown as fully cut and draped as a skirt, in fern- inine fabrics chat make them just as dressy.

Narrow, litted styles are slipped under long skirts with thigh-high slits or those unbuttoned down the front and left to hang open.

Pants get shapely, too, in bell- bottoms that fit to the knee and then flare, in menswear-inspired trousers with cuffs, and styles that are cropped at the ankle with no front pleat.

Waists and hips are emphasized, as they always are when the spotlight turns to pants.

AS THE focus of this season’s hottest hairstyles moves away from teased and tousled locks to a more pared-down elegance, a greater emphasis is placed on color and shine.

Last year’s chunky highlights have given way to solid — and often obvious — overall color.

In answer to this trend, several companies have introduced hair- coloring products to both salon and drugstore shelves.

Matrix Essentials has come out with a lJow-pH, non-ammonia hair color which is gentle enough to use on permed hair.

Available at most salons, the new product, Fleur de Colour, can be used to enhance natural color or to cover grey. It gives added shine and softness to hair, lasts for four to six weeks and then

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Waist details include bunched and tied paper bag looks, draw- string pajama styles, belted looks, fitted waistbands and those with no waistband which ride low and skim the hip.

Some of the most directional styles are shown by American de- signers:

» Calvin'Klein crops wide-legged linen pants well above the ankle and gives them no front pleat. He then wraps a long, narrow skirt in striped silk overtop, leaving the skirt front open.

® Donna Karan designs sophisticated navy wide trousers, but cuts them in light georgette and teams them with a fitted white blouse and long, draped,

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fades gradually.

The latest batch of at-home hair-coloring product formulas make hair coloring both simpler to use and kinder on your hair.

Recently reformulated to pro- vide added shine and conditioning is Clairol’s L’Image line of per- manent hair coloring.

For a more temporary hair fix, Clairol’s Flirt line of ‘‘gel hair blush’? offers semi-permanent color accents that wash out grad- vally in about six shampoos. Three new shades for spring — Flambe, Kirsch, and Beaujolais — offer rich red hues for light, me- dium and dark brown or black hair.

And to keep. color-enhanced hair looking vibrant, try the Logics ColourReserve System, formulated especially for color- treated hair and introduced by Clairol last December.

The nine-product fine includes

sleeveless coat.

® Isaac Mizrahi likes wide-legged trousers, too. He makes his in powder blue wool crepe, and adds them to a long, fitted, three-but- ton jacket that resendles Edwar- dian menswear.

b Mary McFadden shows the most sumptuous bottoms of them all. She slides a silk beaded vest (worn with nothing beneath) over ultra-feminine white chiffon bell-bottom pants. The chiffon is layered three times with three slightly different hem lengths, so it isn’t 100 sheer.

& Popular newcomer Byron Lars shows slim trousers with a cuff and middle pleat in a comfortable pairing with an A-line safari

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clarifying and remoisturizing shampoos, everyday and deep conditioners, leave-in protector, glissage for control, bodifying spray gel, and shine therapy.

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jacket. Both pieces are made in khaki cotton.

> Anne Klein designer Louis Deli’Olio covers wide pants with breezy, light layerings of a jacket, Jong vest and tunic.

He copies the skirt-over-pants look, wrapping a gauzy envelope skirt over pencil slim pants. > Michael Kors can’t keep away from pants in his collection.

He shows so many that he names them all, including karate pants, pajama pants, slouch trousers, hip pants, pareo trousers (with a tied skirt attached) and bias culottes.

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