Mr. de la Renta showed short-sleeve outerwear and a silk merino "cardigan coat" with a mink collar.
These colors were used on sheer slip dresses that referenced lingerie dressing or inner wear as outerwear.
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Wilson, a 54-year-old father of five, started his career with an outerwear company called Westbeach Snowboard in 1979.
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"I started with outerwear because I found being cold was an excuse to wear animal products, " she said.
Other chic outerwear options included coats with knife-pleat backs, and a plaid belted overcoat with patches of shiny black vinyl.
They showed mostly dresses and a couple of outerwear like the first look, a belted coat with an oversized shawl collar.
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But Raymond clients like Sienna Miller and Dita Von Teese have done wonders for exhibiting the merits of wearing underwear as outerwear.
"We can go to the retailers, give them better margins on poles and package them with skis and our outerwear, " says Heckmann.
The new outerwear features the same ceramic powder used on stealth bombers to shield and disseminate heat and thus remain, well, stealth.
Following the holiday last year, fewer people than usual returned to work at the factory Jordache Ltd. uses to make outerwear and activewear.
Ultimately, the consumer will likely wind up with some great outerwear outfits, including military jackets, traditional wool coats and some edgier leather bombers.
Even if you must trudge through flowerbeds for lockboxes or meet people on a country road, you can wear good quality shoes, outerwear and accessories.
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Burberry ( BBRYF - news - people ), which posted sales figures at the top end of expectations following robust demand for its handbags and outerwear.
It might be a while before stylists and cold-weather dandies renounce traditional layering, but more practical-minded types seem to be gravitating toward the single but versatile piece of outerwear.
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Continuing with the theme he explored for fall, Altuzarra refined this aesthetic by showing outerwear in lighter fabrics and pairing them with leather dresses that seemed to have been molded on the body.
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Outerwear came in one of two iterations there were oversized, mannish coats (some dipped in glittering crystals, others sprouting feathers at the sleeves), and floor-sweeping duster coats (some with mink trims, others mink all over).
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He showed his version of camouflage, a luxe version that is, in mink in shades of blue, white and gray, as well as in traditional army colors as outerwear in slightly oversized proportions and a trouser suit.
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The complaint in the Minnesota manufacturing community once a hotbed of outerwear and shoe manufacturing was unanimous: not only were business owners unable to find enough skilled workers to meet demand, they were missing out on contracts because of it.
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