*HIIFRE!RSS, WEDNESDAY,,MAUR 4, 1592, PAGE il M - ~ - A Monthly Fashion and Beauty Review Kinder, gentier ook in tlhe nineties cSOP> The shape of things te corne in the '90s is a Inder, gentIer look that reflects a longr- mng for conifomting clothes - a - moet as an antidote te, the discoerforting times we live in. European, American and Canadian collections ail exhibit a marked shift from fitted cbothes te 'deconstructed shapes in soft, slouchy &brics. This new gop-with-the-flow movement away from fit is blow- ing through fashon like a wind of chang, and i's the single mont important trend for the spring of 1992. The following is a list of tep fashon trends te ick off the new decade. 2TaM .Offthe. PO<01?TIbo stiff, cut-to-curve power jacket of te80inhlstory. If you cawi af- ford te buy just one item this spring, make it a uoft uncon- structed jacket that simply élides over everything you own as, eas- lIy as a cardigan. The bout are long, nome are draped or wrapped, and the newest are in 'wilted' fabrics like sueded .11k, chiffon-weight wools or handkerchief linons. Mf it doesn't move when you do,- don't wear it. Tahe the wrap: Skçirt Ienghs are ail over the map for spring - whatever length suite you is what you should be wearing. But the newest shirts are draped, wapdor bia-cut in soft, sun- suous farce liko chiffon, .11k or lightweight linons that drift aot the body in a totally deconstructed manner. Short *tory: Soft shorts are the latest alternative te .the shirt. In fact, many of them are full enough te hoe mistakon for shirts. Designers have been eh owig them in day and eve- ning colôlections, combined with evrything firom long safari jack- eta - a key look -te, waist-length lunch-bunch jak- et., billowoy .dusters and long, slouýchy blaze that reveal a mnmmof shorts and »a mai- 'mum of leg. Other pant silhouettes you'fl see a lot ofý this spring include spraypaint-tight cycing shorts and jumps*tsa baggy trousers, cropped Sc1ctrousers and nar- row evening panta worn under tie-on hostos.shi1rts. Thae aporting- Ufe: Sport and leisure activities are a major fashion influence this spring. Golf has inspired a flood of golf mini-sirts, Argle-paterned sweaters, countr ub pits. spectator golf sho9s complote with cleats and plaid plus-four. mhe new wave of bachyard barbocue-inspired looha includes back-wrappod apron dresses, bare midriffs, tea-toel skirts and tied-on hostess shidrts. Sporty silhouettes in dressy fabrics pop up in every collec- tion. Liook for satin trench coats, chiffon, shirtdresses, lace jeans, sequinod T-shirts- and organdy duster coats. Toned-down tenw Colours this spring are as soft-focus as, the clothos. Look for a return te pale, pallid, pastels like mint green, mauve, pink and every shade of beige -- from biscuit and sand te parclimont stone. and putty. One interesting trend this season is the prevalence of wamm, woodsy colours tradition- afly worn in the fall. Tlhese in- clude bronze, rust, copper, saffron and gold, often in irides- cent fabrics. Ci.aycoata: he coats youl covot this spring include the duster - particularly in organza or iridescent silh - the short trench coat in bold colours or un-- expectedly luxurious fabrica like satin, nd the bathmobe coat in soft, draped fabrie. Accent on 'accents: In the accesori--es department, watch for fringe on pants, shawls, shCirts and jackets, shouldor-lonth earrings, long ropes of pearîs used as belte on overything from white denim jeans te short-shorts, white New 4e jowelry, streamlined silver jowelry. as opposed ',te ornate gold, and seashelîs wo rn as hair ornements. MWLIZAB rITHinMTE uses Tara Stolk as a -model to demons ra e eIna and outs of applying makeup., The demonstration was organized b~y the West Lynde Parent Sehool Association that hopes it wil: become an annual mvent. Photo by Mm*Rk sor, Whitby Pro. Prom .... .... ... .. The word 'perfume' actually Where should one apply cornes from the Latin words «per, perfunie? Remeinher, scent and 'fumus' meaning 'through travels and curis upwards. smoke. To make the most- of your The burning of fragrant woods fragrance, start with your legs. It and barks was the first method of will rise -and enguif. youýr wholo creating a distinctive fragrance body and clothes. as far back as 5,000 B.C., during Many women pat a dab of religious, and festive ceremonies perfume only behind their ears, and for personal adornment of the making their hair smeil deliclo0us high born.'- but ail too soon it evapoats higzh As smoke rose toward the above their heads. It must be heavens, man believed that the worn on the body. goda would ho able to smoll the As a general rul, apply pleasant aroma and thus direct porfunie on pulse spots: wrists, their favourable attention below arms, back of knees, anklis, neck to the priesta who' sumxnoned ad e-behind yu as S them. býýnot save your perfumne Since thon, perfues have once you'have opened you bottle. been purchased and' given -as' Use it frequently., 'gifla of love' throughout the Fragrances are a personal world by mon and womeèn.' thing as, each woman is an Some religions * frown upon individual and hem moods are the use of perfume 'because of its many. connoction with sensuality and Fair-haired ladies and yet, perfume, in the form off delicate blondes usually suit the incense, lias been the backbone off floral fragrances, while brunettes worship and is still used today in and -wornen with dark the very form used at the dawn of complexionse generally- prefer an 'ifvi iii*and -the -birth-eof-ail ointa .ýfragmmne-withrns kn religions. sandlewood tonois'. 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