European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 13, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                So it 19 in cars in. In offices 1 i cause t Izy a a Edor a a i is Short i Esrov jew Inq adding m e to eds fit f Quot what Lgth of Royal j v mid Quot calf lengths All . But sometimes you feel too Bare in Short dresses and too covered in very Long ones. That s when the Midi is just right. That s the Way Felt the other night.�?�, 1 \ a the Navy calf length Chiffon pleated skirt was added at the last minute because she Felt some women would want if Muir said. The Paisley print style was part of a group that included Bermuda shorts and Long pants making it easy for women to pick the styles that meet their moods. A. While a number of the longer clothes offered for resort Wear have an afternoon or evening flavor there is a certain ambiguity to others which Are appropriate for City or country lunches Garden parties or their Patio equivalent and informal evenings. One of these is the Flower print style by Hubert Degivenchy in a splashy Blue and White Chiffon. With a shallow scooped neckline Cap sleeves and a rippling full skirt it could be worn on Many occasions including Black tie ones. A ,. Chanel s White Chiffon dress with a Draper bodice has. An Ingerie look while Valentino a main offering a. Strapless trouser outfit with a Chiffon Scarf tied around the Waist is the most sophisticated. Christian Lacroix offers a Halter dress in sheer and opaque Cotton that typifies the grown up playfulness of his clothes. With these longer styles designers May be testing the reception that longer skirts will receive in the next season or two. They Are at least lending their support to alternate skirt lengths a a. Some women of course Are not waiting for this. Support. They re wearing longer Skirls anyway. I have to Tell you that i Wear Short skirts most of the time Quot said Susan Harris who turned up at Gene Meyers fall couture show wearing a Black and White checked silk fitted jacket with a calf length pleated Black silk skirt. It is a Silhouette that has survived Many fashion changes dating Back to dior s new look and beyond Harris had bought her More contemporary version by Kasper two years ago a the certainly gotten my Money s Worth out of it. Sometimes it just feels right. This is one of those  i is m i no Whismore men Are colouring their looks a the 501, Levi s classic 5-pocketed Blue Jean is still popular with those Between the Ages of 14 and 24.by trash Hall new York times t he differences Between men and women Are slowly disappearing at least in the hair Salon. First men ventured into unisex Parlours for haircuts. Then they tried perms. Now More Are getting color highlights so locks look Sun touched or dark streaks to emphasize the Pepper rather than the Salt. But Edward Grossman who has been a hair stylist in new York for 10 years says there is one thing that men still Don t do. They done to talk. Quot i have women telling me things that Are totally outstanding Quot said Grossman the owner of a Small neighbourhood Salon in Manhattan. While the women speak of love affairs and cheating of Money Lent and never returned the men Don t participate instead listening quietly capes around their shoulders. A certain reticence still applies too to the subject of hair color. A a a a salons say far More men Are colouring their hair but though pleased with the results a Good Many prefer to keep their habit secret. Those who Don t May encounter entrenched Bias Quot gov Rudy Perpich of Minnesota for instance is finding that his style of living is a big Issue in this year s Campaign. One political science professor suggested such Quirky habits As hair dying showed Perpich was being in minnesotan. Even companies that specialize in men s hair color concede resistance persists. Quot i Don t think it s an easy Sale Quot said Dominic p Demain vice president of marketing for Combe inc., a White Plains n y., company that makes grecian formula and just for men Quot its still a Little bit of a stigma Quot he said. Quot you have to convince men they Are going to look natural Quot nevertheless he said Industry sales of hair color products for men have doubled in the United states in the last three years. The median age of the user is 51 according to Clairol which also Sells hair color products for men 0 percent of the men who have Gray hair use colouring. Currently the United states has about 40 million men Wilh some Gray hair with Many More to come by the end of this decade 65. Million men. Half of the men in the country will be older than 35 and presumably noticing some Gray. There Are limits though to what men will endure for looks they want products that work quickly to they Are less Likely to be caught with Dye in their hair say Salon operators and formulators of hair color. A Quot men Are afraid of being exposed a said Demain Quot what if somebody comes to the door a to help assuage that anxiety Combe created ,. A. By Bernardo Juvanni does a color Job for Norman Swanton who started colouring his hair when he turned 50. Just for men in a formula that lakes effect in five minutes last year Clairol followed with its own fast acting product called option although Home colouring is More common than Salon colouring there has been a gradual but steady increase in male customers Tor streaks and tints Vincent Zito partner in the Louis Vincent Salon near Central Park South said 25 percent of his customers who get color Are men compared to 5 percent a decade ago. So Many men Are pursuing treatments once considered the province of women like facials that he and his partner Louis Schumaci Are expanding their shop to create a separate area for men Quot a Tot of the men especially those that color a their hair Don t want to be seen Quot he said not that they Are doing anything so shocking they tend to be cautious in their color choices Quot men want it to look natural and they want to look the Way they always did a he said Quot women Wilt just change colors a at Joseph clone s three shops in Rockefeller Center men make up a third of the clientele for color. Quot i fake care of the biggest people on the planet conc said. But which ones color and which ones Don the  say. Men Are frequently ignorant about color colonists say but not averse to it Quot when i talk to them they seem very open to it especially when it comes to the Gray around the temples Quot said Miguel Fernandez a color consultant at Roger Thompson Beauty Salon at Barneys new York. But the younger men Are the least inhibited Quot they re willing to gel highlights and perms in front of everybody Quot he said men seem to color their hair for the same reasons women do they want to look Young either to attract mates or to enhance their marketability m the workplace. Quot everyone wants to look the Best they can said Bernardo Juvanni whose shop Bernardo a is Greenwich Village. To help clients look More natural fro leaves color on just briefly so some of the Gray shows through and roots Are less visible when hair grows out one of his clients Norman Swanton said tie began colouring his hair when tie turned 50 and his wife said she did t want to be married to Ari old Man. Out he was nervous at first Quot you Don t want to appear to be something you re not a said Swanton who manages Money and restructures debt heavy companies Bui because the process is Subtle people rarely realize he has had color added a Quot people sometimes look and say did you get a haircut Quot maybe because it seems to to the most legitimate explanation men lend to say they color their hair because it gives them an Edge in the work world Quot it i can do a belter Job by feeling More secure Why not7&Quot said a Wall Street dec undies analyst. Tit tit the stars and stripes Page 15august 13, 1990