This year’s lingerie line
lacy, racy and pretty
By Kart Mott
Staff Reporter
The newness in underwear is
not nudeness, but a more feminine
look.
Women want to feel more
feminine and prettier, said
Lynnette Connley. buyer for
Younkers.
A full-blown romantic look is
coming, Connley said, wilh bows
and a magnitude of dace, espe
cially stretch lace in bras and
panties.
New bras in Younkers* selec
tion have a front tic with ribbons
or are held together with a string,
she said.
Miniskirts have made changes
in the underwear department. One
example of this is that slips and
half-slips are getting shorter, said
Alice Wicchert, foundation and
day-wear buyer for Miller &
Paine.
Another change that has been
made is to place thongs on lacy
teddies, Connley said. Thongs are
similar to a G-string, but have a
small strip of cloth up the back.
Miller & Paine is coining out
with thong-backed panties in
March, Wiecherl said.
Pertaining to the upper area of
Lhe body, bras arc becoming even
more minimal.
Brazabra and Staykups, which
are used for support, can be worn
under strapless or backless
dresses. Brazabra arc made of
paper and used only once, said
Claudia Rogers, owner of
Elizabeth’s Fine Lingerie.
Staykups are reusable.
Younkers also has such bras,
but calls them brazi. Tropical
Pasta is a brazi that comes in a
floral design. Connlcy said these
can be worn under a swimming
suit or a tank top.
Jockey, sold at Miller & Paine,
has come out with two new cotton
bras in colors that match Jockey
underpants, Wicchert said.
“What makes Jockey fun are
the colors with pastels and fashion
brights,”said Wicchert. “We sell a
lot”
Popular colors for lingerie are
peach as an alternative to pink,
beige as a body tone, light pastel
colors and ivory.
Stockings can be pale or natu
ral-looking.
The leg should match the bot
tom of the outfit, said Mary Minig,
hosiery buyer for Miller & Paine.
Lycra hosiery is popular be
cause it doesn’t bag and is sheer,
Minig said.
Thigh-highs and lingerie-in
spired hosiery are new, Minig
said. Lace panties attached to the
top of hose arc also available.
Garter belts are very popular
with stockings instead of panty
hose, Rogers said.
“Sexy, lacy garters are real
hot,” Connlcy said.
Elizabeth’s Fine Lingerie is
starling to get into a men’s line.
The store sells boxer shorts and
pajama bottoms to match or coor
dinate with a kimono, Rogers
said.
Hairstyles remain the same
HAIR from Page 4
What lies behind the movement
toward softness and sleekness?
Kevin Moore said he secs it as a
gradual evolution from the spikier
styles of ’86.
Another big trend today is hair
coloring for both women and men.
Moore said that at his shop hair col
oring has tripled in the last two years.
“Hair color is just opening up
avenues for people who arc bored
with what they’ve got — and that’s
100 percent of the population,” he
said.
Red dominates the field now, but
the trend probably won’t continue.
Briganti said she foresees bolder
colors to complement vibrant spring
shades.
“People aren’t afraid of color
because it’s a lot more controlled
with the advanced technology,” Ogg
said. Sikyta said, customers, espe
cially men, no longer need to fear a
“brassy” effect.
“The idea of color,” Moore said,
“is accenting natural color, not cov
ering anything up.” Highlighting and
sunglazing can accomplish this.
Mikki Frohbcrg of the Pink Fla
mingo said customers today have
almost unlimited color options with
71 colors and more than 200—possi
bly even 7,000 — variations to
choose from.
No matter how fashionable the
style, all the effort and artistry in the
world won’t matter if hair isn’t kept
in good condition.
To keep hair fit, Phoenix stylist
Robin Neal said, a good moisturizing
shampoo is a must. At the Pink Fla
mingo, stylists suggest protecting
hair from the summer sun with
scarves, hats and sunscreens like
Sebastian’s Sheen rinse.
Long or short, red, blond or blue,
no matter what the fashion forecast
may be on the coasts, hair in Ne
braska usually stays much the same
for years simply because people arc
reluctant to change, Briganti said.
“They want to look like everyone
else,” Briganti said. “To be anything
else means that you’re loo different,
and that’s not acceptable because
that means you’re not part of the
group, and everybody wants to be
part of the group.”
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