European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                R member the 1960s miniskirts hot pants shift dresses colourful prints false eyelashes High heels and the inevitable purse thirty years later the milanese have brought it All Back in a sexier More Brazen version hemlines Are Shorter hips tighter and breasts Barer. Stretch Cottons Rayons and Silks Are the latest fabrics. Prints Are not Only painted on Rich silk but also stitched together in myriad sparkling sequins. In the make up department eyes Are As Bright As a Barbie dolls with lashes longer than Liz Taylor Ever batted at Richard Burton during the 1961 filming of Antony and Cleopatra. The return of the dress is probably the most significant pickup from the 1960s, especially for Milan famous for its Man tailored look. In fact trousers have no place in the 1991 Spring summer wardrobe. Legs Are either bared by super Short hemlines and derriere hugging shorts or wrapped in skin tight unit Ards. The new version of the shift is Shorter often rising to mid thigh and tighter especially when in stretch fabric the Post popular cloth of the season. There Are lots of a line and trapeze dresses too As Well As Halter top Sun dresses for town and Beach Wear. Perhaps most successful at the 1990s dress was Trizia who showed her Best collection in Many a season. Shifts in demure Floral silk prints adorned the first part of the show while for the cocktail hour Mariuccia Mandelli the designer behind the Trizia Label proposed White silk shifts trimmed with Silver or simple silk apron dresses. As the evening went on hemlines got Shorter brushing the upper thigh and Micro hot pants and Bra tops appeared As a reminder that the real 60s Are several decades behind us. Magazine there have not been a lot of clothes to Wear to work in the current collections unless your Job is an aerobics teacher or a night club hostess. Therefore Genny s neat trim Navy Blue suits spruced up with Large Gold buttons received a grateful applause from fashion buyers worried about extravagant styles and shrinking pocketbooks. Genny also had a series of comfortable shifts in muted shades worn with Matching duster jackets and accessories with Gold Chain belts with a buckle in the shape of a sea Star. The Mediterranean Seascape motifs starfish Coral branches and sea plants appeared throughout the collection from patterns on daytime Crisp blouses to jewelry and belts to elaborate sequined prints on evening Wear. Coral beads decorated simple Black a line dresses while sea blues and greens provided the background for the glittery Coral and Star fish prints which made the Genny woman look like a fashionable Mermaid. The Genny collection displayed at the midpoint of the five Day ready to Wear collections for next year s warmer weather showed that the 1960s could be revived without going to Avant Garde extremes such As the pop Art sequined jackets and fiery hot pants presented by Gianni Versace. The show Biz designer was hailed As the Maestro of the 1990s by fashion experts looking for inventive design. Versace dazzled believers with a Brilliant ready to Wear collection that encapsulated the trends of the season. Searing color reasonably snug fit and Short Short Short these Are the cheerful ways in which he and other italian designers Are responding to the economic woes of client countries. Adversity inspired them to great Good humor in the Spring openings and Versace moved to the top of the class. Instead of just one print to an outfit he used a multitude. Faces fans and Vogue Magazine covers mix with wild abstract designs in his miniskirts and catsuits. Everything is bathed in intense colors. His prints Are spectacular. Even the solid color styles Are charged with electric glow. At the same time buyers at the Milan showings worried by recession rising Oil prices and an Ever crumbling Dollar were relieved to see some stylish sensible clothes on display too. A not knockout fashions from Milan lots of color the baby doll mini from Versace left evokes the 60s, As does army no s similar Long jacket with min dress and Dangle earrings. Gian Franco Ferre offers a Woven leather swimsuit left while hats and stretch and skin pants go on Parade at Byblos. Monday october 15, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 13