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ItALTONIULLiOUTIOOK Friday May I 1987 Fashion Outlook Penny loafer still a classic shoein THE CONVERSE high Up Is avail REEBOK which has introduced this new shoe sold more than 14 million shoes able in bright colors and met lies last year and all the company says were designed with sports In mind New spunk for spring Sneakers run gamut of color and style By Jou Just when you think you ve got the cool must wear yet another style take over the streets Year after year faster than you can say every trendy school kid and businesscard carrying yuppie sports the current In a tile Over the years tennis and basket ball shoes have earned the right to be called classics and now simple usu ally white sneakers are scoring more points than ever with consumers Yet some of todays footwear fashions are actually sneaker classics updated with splashy colors or subtle details FASHION Joan Lebow Around the country athletic shoe stores that sell plenty of high price hightech running shoes are also see ing the standard brands Keds Con verse and trot out the door Classic white styles are hot says Matt Zale owner of Athletics a retail chain with 36 locations During spring the height of sneaker season the company sells about 1 pairs of shoes dally Many of these are the brightcol functional and fashionable ath letic shoes with brand names such as Reebok and Backed by dramatic black and white TV tixetnents Nike just Introduced the Air Trainer has already caught on so fast that says it tough to meet demand He points out that amid the sports shoe fashion hoopla there are some of the same styles that ve been around for years Rubber soled canvas basketball shoes were affectionately dubbed sneakers In the 30s when they be came widely affordable Their tion is detailed In the recently pub lished The Complete Handbook of Athletic Footwear by Melvyn Cheskm Publications Although the history of athletic footwear began many centuries earli it was back in that Converse first introduced its all star model name to the product Black or white Chuck Taylor All Stars have been the all American favorite since then This year Is no exception Converse aims to sell 300 000 pairs per week These high tops now come In wild colors from bubble gum pink to me talllc blue In a way the Converse is really an shoe But I guess you could say It has reverse sex appeal shrugs who says the style Is a best seller Why the Appeal of canvas Cons and simple white In an era when supercomfortable leather or nylon shoes can be automatically molded to every inch of an athlete s foot Many people use their technologically de signed and more basic less costly styles for everyday Another reason Is fashion cycle First running shoes be came street wear then aerobic shoes became street wear Now more con white tennis shoes are being worn on the street says Beth reporter for magazine a trade publication Tennis shoes will probably be the next big hit agrees Kevin Brown rector of corporate communications for Nike Simpler shoes with very clean lines are popular just as fie more classic tennis clothes arc in again We built Nike a Air or sports But he adds We know from how much we ve already sold that the shoes are also selling as fashion All athletic shoes arc made with the sports participant in mind Every thing we design has a sport Hon then its worn for explains a spokesman for Reebok which sold more than 14 million of Its trend setting aerobic shoes in 1986 Athletic shoe designers always try to appeal to the fashion minded pun- Fashion goes frilly This springs decidedly feminine styles are Just a forerunner of the eat your heartout femininity being con cocted for fall Already American women arc buy crinolines strapless tops backless dresses body hugging shapes and short leggy skirts You d think they d been sentenced to overalls for the last Curvy feminine styles dominated the recent couture collections in Paris Yves St Laurent floor length eve gown exposed one leg with a top- of thethigh hemline Karl showed strapless dresses with short full skirts flipping high in the back Emmanuel exposed whole sides under his diagonally draped eve nlng gown And Christian was a hit with his sassy bustles gcously dramatic and ex posed midriffs Flamboyant sexiness is already on Its way to America At a recent black tie gala to benefit the New York City Operas Fire Emergency Fund more than BO de signers unleashed opera inspired con some of which will be seen In their fall collections in early April Thanks to what was seen on the runway that night plus what design confided about their upcoming collections plus the success of the sexy styles now in the stores and the Inevitable power of the trends coming out of Paris couture you can count on even more glamour and femininity for fall Not since the early and the miniskirt have we witnessed the kind of leggy curvy dramatic looks that are coming lie Reebok has come out with style colors Even the classic white sneakers come with day soles and colorful piping Converse has introduced Jams sneakers to go with the brightly printed surfer style clothing of the same name By Mary Martin Nicpold Oh to have a penny for ivery son that has worn a penny loafers The class hand stitched moccasin was introduced In 1936 by the Gil Bass Co They ve since made about million pairs which have been sport with and without the legendary penny by the well heeled and the college crowd for five decades The three Bass brothers were in Norway when they discovered some Indians wearing comfortable hand sewn mocassins Back In their Cam den Maine hometown the brothers added some American know how and styled a sturdy pair of leather slip- ons It quickly looked like the Nor wegian Injun would become a classic faster than most people could say Wcejun The Weejun s style hasn changed much since World War when sail wore loafers and blue jeans as an Informal shoreleave uniform By the the nation considered a campus kick The bobby Mixer rolled on liycrs of socks before ng on and stepping out Then really made grade after Rebel Without a Cause stir James Dean in I white shirt well fitting jeans and black became a study in cool the 1055 film The 60s had just started when the University of North Carolina student newspaper declared the to be The thing for with it One Inspired student a business major deserves more than a penny for his and her thought to use the loafer s front slot to hold the cop per coin The trend spread as young men and women began to add their two cents worth to their moccasins The penny loafer has earned Its place in American culture It was in eluded as basic equipment in The Preppy Handbook and heralded as a classic design in The Quintessential Dictionary While many preppies like to wear their without socks singer Michael Jackson put the loafer in the limelight by pairing his with glitter SPRING EDITION Dining Guide Featured Restaurant Of The Week COME AND ENJOY SUNDAY BRUNCH WeSsrveFrom am 2pir 265GuelphSt Georgetown 8731868 To participate In 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