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<text id=93TT1228>
<title>
Mar. 22, 1993: Dressing For Success?
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<history>
TIME--The Weekly Newsmagazine--1993
Mar. 22, 1993 Can Animals Think
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<article>
<source>Time Magazine</source>
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THE WEEK, Page 26
BUSINESS
Dressing For Success?
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<p> With the lira down and the nation rocked by the Mani Pulite,
or Clean Hands, kickback investigations, Italians need some good
economic news. They looked for it, naturally, in the Milan fall
ready-to-wear shows, just ended, hoping in part that a
recovering U.S. economy will send a windfall of clothing orders
their way. One enticement: with the weaker lira, price tags will
be at least 15% lower than last year's. But the critics' reviews
were mixed. Clown motifs, gold frogging, Tyrolean touches or
military flourishes cluttered many of the outfits and seemed
inappropriate for local customers who are trying to hide their
wealth. In the end old masters Giorgio Armani and Gianfranco
Ferre walked off with the honors--and, by no mere
coincidence, the least brazen collections.
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