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By ANNETTE PETRUSA

The French designers pre-
sented an exciting variety of
new looks for spring-summer
1981

A ‘clean, classic sportswear
influence emerged with softer,

shaping. Safari suits and nauti-
cal influences were seen at all
the collections,

Many of the designers were
inspired by India, China, Africa
a the tropic isles, Jungle

ints made a strong impact on.
the runway, Hemlines ranged

trom mini to mid-calf.
Clothes were softly struc-
tured, giving way to a more
feminine, mood of dressing.
Shoulders were less padded,
and jackets were either short or

. long and straight to the hip.

The new dresses featured

double skirts, fitted hip yokes,
cowl necklines and off-the-
shoulder collars. Draping re-
emerged for evening.
ere was a fetumn to layer

ing—skirts over shorts and
tunics over ski

Innovative pant looks, rang-

tm fick (can go around with the same outfit on year after year, but you are even nluckler, you can shop
Francines and change outfits any time you want. And so stylish too.

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uring April,

ing from shorts, bermudas,
bloomers, jodhpurs, knickers
and Zoave to classic trousers,
were shown.

Daytime fabrics were gener-
ally dry and crisp. Cotton, pop-
lin and terry were important.
For evening, gauze, voile,
georgette and tulle were fea-
tured, Silk fabrics were used for
day and evening wear,

Color Highlights: Emphasis
was on sun drenched neu-
trats—sand, terra-catta, tile,

clay, celadon, saffron, cactus —

and indigo blue.

As for the designers:

Yves St. Laurent presented 'a
super collection which featured
pretty blouson dresses with flat-
tering round necklines, His new

skirts, flared or side-slit, gave .

an easy look to the mid-thigh
minis.

‘The smock jackets were thé
perfect pastners to the above-
the-knee length skirts. Foreven-
ing, the gold-printed dresses,
and separates were show stop-
pers,

Karl Lagerfeld for Chioe

showed a creative collection of ©.

knits emphasizing the hips. His
double-skirted blouson dresses

His Spirited pants: ‘tea ranged
from bloomers to Chinese in-
spired pantsuits,

Claude Montana's spectacu-
lar Spanish toreador looks for
evening and refined nautical
sailor striped knitted ensembles
were hits,

France Andrevie showed a
group of white cotton minis with
wide pleats. She teamed safari
jackets with: pleated short ekirts,

Thierry Mugler used white
linen inspired workers clothes
while: Anna Marie, Baretta

* chose: lacquered French blue
toile with above-the-ankle pants
for her China statement,

Chantal Thomass’ South-of-
the-Border peasant dresses fea-
tured off-the-shoulder ruffled
bodies” tiered skirts and tent

es

© Costelbajac believes in a trim

tailored’ pant with gold gecents

“while Issey Miyake showed the

rounder, fuller pant with multi-

* ple pleats at the hip narrowing

sown to Uightly pegged bet-
fom.

with tight yokes or tucks were a Bi

hit. The off-the-shoulder softly
tolled band collars were a focal
Point, :

Givenchy’s sophisticated
long torso blouson dresses were
the big story this season. His
playclothes, featuring short flar-
ing calottes, were trendy.

‘Kenzo’s upbeat collection in-'

cluded a group of the’ shortest

nautical tsspited striped suits,

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