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WHAT'S HOT WHAT'S NOT
(FORTUNE Magazine) – WHAT'S HOT Teal-green ties; purple anything, period An extra six pounds Three-legged stools Oat bran everything (but beans are gaining) Narcissism Taxis Portugal The 1960s Garter belts Calvin Klein's wife Dead celebrities Fine wines Pet pigs WHAT'S NOT Red ties (no yellow ones, either) Skinny Chintz '21' Club Neuroses Limos China The 1970s Palimony Calvin Klein's designs Sports Heroes Wine coolers Bacon Couch potatoes may well laze on through 1989, happily plugged in to their VCRs and munching their takeout food. But the true trendies will be beehivers -- hyperactives who manage to live most of their hectic lives without leaving home. They raise kids, work on their computers, and work out on their exercise machines. All their discretionary spending goes to feathering their nests. Profligate spending is no longer chic. The collective inquiring mind of the trend-conscious Washington hostess, meanwhile, is dying for data on Barbara Bush. Above all else, which designer will she favor -- or is the Aunt Tillie look going to be it? One thing's sure: She isn't about to dye her hair, and gray will be in. Says Barbara Feigin, executive vice president of Grey (no relation) Advertising: ''Age is the rage, youth's uncouth.'' |
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