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The reaction of retailers to the longer lengths in his fall collection encouraged him to carry the idea further.
"It was not what they considered a frightening development," he said. "A lot of buyers thought it was close to what many women were already wearing and they would be happy about it."
At DKNY, Donna Karan's moderate-price collection, the designer concentrates on two lengths: high on the thighs and just above the knees. Like Klein, she tested the longer length and found that it worked.
The Karan and Klein collections were among those introduced in Seventh Avenue showrooms last week. Called either resort or cruise collections (to indicate the clothes are destined to be worn in places like Miami or the Mediterranean), the styles will begin appearing in stores late in October and will take fashion into 1995.
Hemlines and Knees To Winter Together
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Hemlines that graze, bisect or cover the knees may supplant the flippy flaring thigh-high skating skirts as the fashionable length by the end of this year.
The knee-length skirt, which dominated Calvin Klein's fall collection, shows up significantly in the resort collection of CK, his moderate-price line.
"I'm showing it just covering the knee, but it can be just above or in the middle of the knee," Klein said. "I don't think clothes have to bare the thighs to be sexy." |
