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Fashion
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Fashions 2000; Ebony
Fashion Fair
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E ditor in Chief,
Publisher
Charles H. W ashington
Editor
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Copy Editor
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Fashionites on the American and
European circuit must have heard
about “clothes for the millennium”
so much that w e’re all wondering
“what will we wear?” Fashion is
inevitably linked to time - last year,
this year and the moment’s dominant
lo o k .
T he
m ost
n o tab le
undercurrent, no matter what the
look, was relaxed.
D om enico D olce and Stefano
G abbana’s glamorous collection
featured rom antic hand-painted
butterflies and flowers on laminated
stretch silks and mercury fabrics
much like Reynolds wrap. Donatella
Versace showed a spectacular group
o f skintight pinstripes with silver
metallic touches. Lengths varied
from thigh-high to ankle in most
collections.
R u s s ia ’s V a le n tin Y ad ash k in
showed a marvelous black sheer
gown brush stroked with bugle
beads; Jean Louis Schemer designed
a spectacular gown o f wild pheasant.
Animal print was still on the fashion
scene in a dramatic mylar
fringed coat trimmed with fox
designed by France’s Carven.
G ucci’sT om Ford dwelled on
the casual mood with long
black skirts and ankle-length
pants. Skinny belts, sequinned
sweaters, and plastic trimmed
shoes, high and low-heeled
a c c e sso riz e d c a su a l and
evening wear. Colors ranged from
vibrant yellow to deep blues in
velvet, satin, silk and cybershine
fabrics.
Designs for the new millennium
have never been more luxurious,
in trig u in g ...a n d
y e s, m ore
wearable. It’s FASHIONS 2000 for
the turn o f the century!
The 42 Annual Ebony Fashion Fair
will appear in Portland at the Oregon
ConventionCenter, on Friday April
14,2000 at 8 pm. The world’s largest
traveling fashion show is produced
by E bony M a g a z in e and is
sponsored by The Portland Chapter
o f the Links, incorporated for the
benefit o f the Links’ educational
and scholarship fund.
Tickets may be purchased at: Mrs.
C ’s W igs (707 NE. Frem ont),
M cD onald’s Restaurant (13459
NW. Cornell Road), One Stop
R ecords S hop (1615 NE.
Killingsworth), Reflections Coffee
& Books (446 NE. Killingsworth),
Tondalayera Designers Salon (5401
N E. C u lly B lv d .) FA ST IX X
(Oregon Convention Center, 777
NE. Martin Luther King Blvd.), and
from any Link member.
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