European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 3, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                If you re tired of Plain jeans write b new look for working women will be feminine vim Flash kind of Funky but still Corporale says Joni Fiori of the French design learn Giraud. Whatever the fabric Linen poplin or total Rayon from head to toe it s Cool Classy and in constructed Fiori adds. The statement is thai you no longer have to make a Sla Lement. Working women can relax and be  most designers agree that women Are being More selective in How they dress on the Job. Petti Cohen fashion director Lor new York designer Donna Karan believes they May be buying less but they Are spending More. Working women Loday would rather have a few sensational pieces than a wardrobe Lull of mediocre  says Cohen. How far will this Freedom of expression in women s fashions go when you have Confidence in yourself says fion there Are no  fashion versus physics some women dedicate choir lives of Tara husband s Woik nol to my Hustwit s of Lis physics try As i might. I can t remember Tho difference Between fission and fusion and plasma still Means blood to my Hook i to always envied those women who can talk with their husbands about their work. I imagine How much Ca Sipult would to to to married  doctor lawyer teacher or Carpel layer pcs. Even to a Man in inc military there would be dinner Pablo Lalk i could at least understand. My Field is fashion a subject about us Lar removed from physics As you can got. And Ono which my husband does not appreciate Lully. To him. Fabric is the stuff that holds together a theory Iho theorems postulates and results. For him a Modo is a stale or condition Ike a Mode of oscillation or a quantum slate shopping Tor his own clothes is something to be avoided like cleaning the bathroom. Such a though simply makes him decide to Wear things longer regardless of How thin the fabric becomes i finally hid his Acerit. Tattered old sweater the one on which he hand sewed leather Elbow patches to cover the holes. His idea of shopping or me used to be a comedy of errors i like solely tailored clothes. He bought me frills i love Paisley prints. He picked lower prints. 1 wan Wool. To chose dolled Swiss i Pietar Burgundy and Olive Green he bought me Orange and Lime. But 1 keep trying and together we re getting better. Nowadays when he needs new clothes i scout out the options and put them on Lipold. Than he goes to the stores Early morning or Lale evening to avoid the crowds. If he buys one item i go Back and buy two More of the same for father s Day and birthdays. Ii May nol be very original but the clothes fit and he s Happy. Clothing Cata logs rank right up there in importance with the world almanac Webster s dictionary and physics today. Even if he never order., through the mail he can decide on style and color Al Home then take the picture to the store and Lei the clerk take it from there. When an article in time revealed that the newest in place to shop for clothes was the l. L bean Catalon my husband quipped. All these years and you did t know you were married to a  Cata logs work for my Benefit Loo i can show and Tell him what i like Don t like and Why whal goes with what and Why. Twenty three years married and he s finally gelling the message. Following the Day s meetings at a physics convention in Boston White other men were Laking a Nap or had gone out on the town my husband was shopping Lor me. His colleagues said he was asking for trouble. They won t shop Tor their own wives and would consider it tie threatening to shop for one who works in fashion. He found a Beautiful Teal Blue Green velvet suit just the sort he d like his wife to Wear. With a Little Houghl he decided Alt hat velvet together with scalloped edges on the jacket would be a bit much. Too cutesy she d say on second thought the velvet jacket paired with a color matched Wool a line skirt might work. It did the clerk tried to sell him a frilly Tacy Blouse. Too cutesy he told her. But Shell like a Silky Blouse with a softly lied Bow at the  i did. So you see there s Hope Lor every women whose husband has Given her a gift of clothing she could t Wear. And by the Way i finally found something in common with our respective Fields. Fashion and physics both begin with off fat Well it s better than nothing. Ify Othave dress or grooming questions i to hear from you men As wry As women. Please Send your questions to Judith Rastian in care of stars and stripr.-.", apus forces 092 1 1. Page 16 the stars and stripes tuesday. March 3.1987