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include a design based upon the neighborhood banker ' s closet. The look is smooth and yet carries great strength for the wearer and can be intensified by adding just a touch of fluorescent orange coloring to the hair. But seriously, with the same impact and greatly needed freshness, Annie Lennox has brightened up the fashion scene just as she has the music industry. One of the music industry ' s fastest growing stars, Cyndi Lauper, has brought another twist to fashion. Sporting a let ' s see what ' s in grand- ma ' s old trunk look, Cyndi has helped turn today ' s fashion conscious dresser back to designs of yesteryear. The biggest impact of this new old look has been in jewelry. Today ' s jewelry box is impoverished if it doesn ' t contain one of granny ' s dear, clear crystalline set of earbobs and hopefully a matching brooch. But this, nor either of the preceding, is the hottest look or sound as far as fashion and music industry goes. The award for season saving fashion and music industry saving sound goes to none other than Michael Jackson. Just the mention of that name stirs up images of zippered jackets, parachute pants, and glitter gloves adorning hordes of young people all trying to walk backward just like Michael. But believe it or not, Mr. Jackson has even stirred up the ever stagnant belt industry. A store ' s belt tree is bare if it doesn ' t contain one of those slim, black, silver-studded waist- wrappers that the young super star sports. It ' s useless to try and name everything that is stamped with the Michael Jackson name or image, so let ' s just agree that it ' s clear, the Jackson look is a victory for the fashion world. One can only wait to see if, as the winter season approaches, Michael Jackson glitter mittens hit the streets of high fashion. By Hank Foreman 1

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Fashion It is solidly known that popular fashion reflects what is going on in the world of pop music and films. And this year seems to belong to our favorite music stars; well, maybe they aren ' t your favorite song stylists, but they have set the fashion of the street on a new path. Not since the heyday of the Annie Hall look has the media affected our everyday wearing apparel. Here are just four of the names, and looks, that are first on my list of avant-garde trend setters: Boy George, Annie Lennox, Cyndi Lauper, and, of course, Michael Jackson. Each of these stars have a wealth of talent and have spent a great deal of time developing themselves and their art. And yes, the clothes they sport are a large part of that development. First, let ' s consider Boy George, the lead singer of the hit-producing Culture Club. Because of his highly developed attitude toward himself and the world around him, he naturally found that he wasn ' t your average dresser. And lucky for us, because of him, we now have a new and comfortable smock style hitting the fashion market. And, let ' s not forget the hat, the long left out accessory. Both men and women are now sporting Boy George millinery styles. But the less controversial, so more popular, item, bright tennis shoes, has been the biggest hit with the youth of the world. From the high-top tennis shoe, sporting a totally new red paint job, to the real thing, platform tennis, they are stronger than ever. But this look is not the only style sensation to sweep today ' s culture. The second fashion craze is women ' s clothing derived from con- servative men ' s apparel. Annie Lennox, of the Eurhythmies, is the main influencing force to the followers of this cross-over fashion. It is growing increasingly difficult to find a gathering of women ' s fashions that doesn ' t 16 JL

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