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WIIIJkBfRE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 3, 1991,-PAGE 15' A Monthly Fashion, and Beauty Review 'New Visions' for sringlsummer New Visions -are the Faishion is now influenced by Àurfaoe: Shantung, flammé, Prints: Rustic styles, batiks, tions, ancient symbole, friezes, spring/summer trends, as agreed ýa1 ao ùrnt:astei, peated felted. Treatments Incas' motifs, --enoteric Mfrican crosses, fading-out stripes. fur ynme 80 textile experts agiic econornnc, butndpints, arabesque, ornamenta- uopE . The synthesis of political, cultural and historical Air ther olorfabric and print However, both the environment *. Cor:Te'eeny ag. orenaio esit n heemao adsprtual trends that have J.Sye: Simple, ndond themnes. flourisled in the' last couple of ,.: *'tmls.Shoeesaeonad Infinite:. A cool blue theme.. decades remain the driving fluid or structured. Important: azure, china, turquoise, sky, influences. Will the nnte ofrtj the all-wie oa ok cobalt, indigo. us a New Vision of mankind? At Fabrico: Lightweight, refined Senity Metallic, satone and' the very least, it promises to be.,a and fluidL. Flannels, cotten, linen, minerai neutral shades. white, highly creative season. It's up te linen, blends, challis, seersueker, saur, ia,~serge, ottoman. Raw, moiré and LgtA range of vegetable.as silks. Sheer gauze, voile colours, either fresh and natural, Earth » and chiffon. or warm and piy: tea rose, Colours: The 'Lght' range Primt": Watercoloured, sweet pea, petunia, strawberry, (country). blrred, mottled, abstract, ladybird,maerlidnbutr Styles: Romantic, buco#ic. streaked. Imprints, fossile, cupizrdmoss, r;ee Old-fashioned dess iaoe, ~ seashelîs, waves. Lots of plains 1Lighte..- received 45 per cent lace collars, overails (short and ..ad mock-plains. Of the vote with petunia pink in long-legged)- Layeringe, plays on first place, followed by the copper lengths and widths. te tones. 'Infinite' -- chosen by ý35 Fabrice: Cotton, denim Coloura: The 'Infinite, range. per cent; cobalt blue was the firet cretonne. Piqué, braided, Style: .A city look, dlean and choice for women's wear, followed honeycombed, daxnasked, canvas. structured, dynaic high-tech by azure. 'SereniWy -- 20 per cent Openweaves, embroidery, lace sportswear or femne,, flid,,long chose this . theme for its soft macramé, netsh and lean, with draping effects whites and sand tones Prînts: Madras checkse, .m.p.redbymytb.Qlogy, or relaxeil patchwork, country stripesancomfortable, ruggdsalo impressionist and figurative style (peaý jackets, pants, T nd b se nts, mini-florale, retro, floral upit. rde prnt. Fbrie:Soft tethe band,- A eler en s Cious:natural fibres: cotton, cool wool, onfl l r nt iMoous The 'Light' range . ~ ~pure linen1 and- linen blends, (spicy), in, solid or multicoloured silk.. Microfibres, popline, mixes. .*,*. . chambray, gabardine,, crepe, The trends fail into four Styles: Mixed and matched. Y stretch fabrics. groupe, based on the four ethnic and folkloric influences: Ef#: Worn, washed, elements: Water -- based on the African, Indian, Latin-Anierican, undufla=.d puckered, embossed, blue palette (Infinite); Air -- gypsy. Elongatedo trapeze" ~ crinkled, coated, rubberized. whites and neutrals suggesting silhouettes, high or low waists. A Treatments: Pearlized, lamé, the element's evanescence etrong influence from the sixties. l~.acquered, sequined. (Serenityr); Barth -- veetable and seventies.'Pit:Stie -pyjama, colours in a bucolic settingf Fabricu: Li1nen, cotton,« mattrese, club, deck chair,' (Light); and Fire- warmn and coloured denim. Rustic, A new vision for SpringlSunimer 1991 akr Nïv an pimte spicy tones (iàght). handmade, rough-refined weaves. _______________________ motifs, ocean floor impressions. Becreulwhen buying W~eF~gry a rkepouot Hligh-fashion wristwatches are- being sold at- discount prices by some Ontario merchants tIs srn.But experts from the Miity of Consumer and Commercial Relations suggest shoppers should look further than theprce tag before they buy. "Oroffice has been receiving reports of a lot of grey-marloet watches, portable radios and small appliances for sale recently," says Marilyn Gurevsky of the ministryls consumer services bureau. Grey-market products are foreign-made goods not intended for sale in Canada. Dealers import them to seil at reduced prices. While the practice is legal, it may not serve consumners' best interests in the long run. e Gurevsky says the term « grey s market camne about because it isnt lear who benefits. 01 Manufacturers can get rid of large quantities of. goods that were unpopular in their intended mnarket., But ôther compamues and )retailresr price unidercttxn' mikeâh timposébe'for, anyoete inake areasonable prôfit. 'The only thing that's definite in the grey market is that the consumer's problem int the quality of the goods," says* Gurevsky. "Many , are top-of-the-line. The difficulty comes when smething goes wrong with the product and warranties aren't honoureéd in Canada." Warranty repairs frequently won't be made even if an identical product is sold in Canada., For* example, certain jewellers here may be authorized by the manufacturer to sall Brand-X Swiss watches. Thosm dealers pay part of their profit te help cover advertising and warranty service costs. But grey marketeers might buy a big shipment of Brand-X watches in Switzerland for a low price. They çan seil them for les than the authorized dealer. That should be good, news for the consumer, but there s a catch. Grey marketeers haven't paid te support the, set-up of a, repair service, -and whèn the consumer tries taz lei their Watci "fiked, ýthe service centre may simply, send them away. 'We've sen many cases where repairers don't have the parts te, fi a product even when the, customer wants te pay for the service," Gurevsky says. "Many grey-market goods we sa for sale in Ontario are, email electronic produets.- A model A1234i cassette recorder may look just, like model A1234ii, yet have completely different inner workings." Owners of gr-ey-market watches now being sold, may soon experience, similar probleme. Although repirers may have every confidence in their abilities to, fi them, the parts for some of these models just won't be available in Canada. And even if a foreign service centre namned on a warranty slip wil rpar a watch, the complications of international shipping won't be easy. Some grey-market retailers offer a store warranty on goods. But'many relyon quick-turnover highi-volune sales-ad a SRRPAOGE17