--11—cour for Knutzen
A model shows off local fashion designer Duran Knutzen's spring designs. The dress is an example of “decadent”
style, and the short pants are part of nis “Circle Collection.
Local designer is a material man
By Micki Haller
Senior Editor
Duran Knulzen looks as though
he belongs in Greenwich Village.
His long black hair, his unshaven
face and, most of all, his unusual
clothes look distinctly out of place
in a Nebraska coffee house.
But unusual clothes arc not just
something Knutzen wears; they
arc his life.
“(Designing) is quite a major
part of my life,” 23-ycar-old
Knutzen said. “Forty-one percent
of my lifetime has been devoted to
clothes.”
Knutzen grew up in Lincoln,
but his clothes arc selling all over
the country in places like St. Louis,
Phoenix, Orlando, Fla., and New
York.
“Fashion is what the majority
of the people are wearing at a par
ticular time,” Knutzen said. ‘Vs
style I’m creating.”
Knutzen described his clothes
as avant-garde, and wearable art.
He said he uses hand-painted fab
rics and textures to make things
interesting; leather, lace, and a lot
of gauze and chiffon.
“I’m always using sheer
things,” he said.
Knutzcn said he hopes the
trends in style will be along the
lines that he is experimenting with
right now.
Bell shapes that arc narrow on
lop and full at the bottom, very
rounded shapes, bright colors and
more textures will become bigger,
he predicted. He said style will be
functional, but more unique. Also,
decadence will become big.
Knutzcn described decadence
as sheer, low-cut styles with layer
ing, pleating or encrustation of
material, and using hand-made
textures within fabrics.
Knutzcn said he’s doing “acid
house” style right now, which he
picked up in the clubs in New
York.
He described ac id house as4 4 the
’60s with more of a punch.”
He said for his summer collec
tion he will use layers of fabric and
spirals.
“It’s kind of Roman-looking,”
he said.
In fact, Knulzen said his influ
ences are ancient sculpture. Also,
he said he has some ‘‘really wild
dreams.”
Knutzcn said he finds his ideas
mostly from inside of himself. He
said living in Lincoln reduces the
inspirational influences to televi
sion and advertising.
Lincoln’s relative fashion un
consciousness can be an advan
tage.
“I don’t have to do much, but
it’s still style in this town,” he
said.
Because Knutzcn is based in
Lincoln, he has to travel to major
markets, but Nebraska’s central
location also can be an advantage,
he said. Also, Nebraska has a
slower pace.
‘‘It’s nice to be able to come
back and relax and work,’ ’ he said.
“It’s like a retreat.”
“It’s a great place to grow up,”
he said. “It’s a great place to con
tinue.”
Knutzcn may not be continuing
in Lincoln for much longer, how
ever.
He said he’s been accepted to
New York’s Fashion Institute of
Technology. His family wants him
to go to school, but he’d like to
travel, he said.
Even though fashion designing
is rather nonlradilicnal, his family
supports his ambitions, he said.
' ‘ My grandmother loves it,’ ’ he
added.
In fact, his more than 80-year
old grandmother wears his fash
ions, he said. Knutzcn has de
signed for all ages, but his major
clientele is in the 19 to 23 age
group, he said.
For alternative clothing, no
matter what age group, Duran
Knutzcn is in Lincoln’s own back
yard.
Local Ur. Ruth
says fat suction
is most popular
By Kari Mott
Staff Reporter
Cosmetic surgery can help perfect
and pacify people who think their
breasts arc just not big enough or their
noses are too big.
There has been a definite overall
increase in plastic surgery, said Larry
D. Ruth, M.D., whose practice is at
2221 S. 17th St.
Rhinoplasty, face lift and
rhytidectomy, nose reshaping, have
been around for the past 50 years and
Ruth said he has not seen as big of an
increase in these as he has seen in
lipoplasly, fat suction.
Lipoplasty is relatively new and
has been in the United States for
seven years, but only in Lincoln for
the past four years, Ruth said.
Ruth, who has been in practice for
17 years, said that in the last 10 years
people have been wanting to look
extremely thin.
A _n • a .
n icpicaciiuiwvv; ui ourgicai im
ages, P.C., in Omaha, said people in
the past two to five years have been
more into looking good and are start
ing to have cosmetic surgery done.
Ruth said Nebraska is more con
servative about plastic surgery than
the East or West Coasts are.
“People in Los Angeles arc
geared to plastic surgery; almost
everybody has something done,” he
said.
Most Nebraskans arc loo shy to
have face lifts or their noses altered,
Ruth said.
Augmentation mammaplasty,
breast enlargement, is the surgery
Ruth said he performs most often.
The August 1988 issue of Cosmo
politan said augmentation mamma
plasty is the most common surgery
proccdurc: with eyelid tucks as sec
ond.
Ruth performs lipoplasty, face
lifts, nose reshaping, breast enlarge
ment and reduction, cars, abdominal
and general skin reduction.
“We do everything that every
body else docs,” he said.
The cost to have cosmetic surgery
w.ith full anesthesia and a one-day
hospital stay is $3,200 for breast en
largement, $2,800 for rose reshaping
and $5,000 for a face lift, the most
expensive surgery.
The cost is $500 less with local
anesthesia, Ruth said.
Insurance generally doesn’t cover
the cost, he said.
Cosmopolitan said breast reduc
tion often is covered by insurance
because the operation is not consid
ered merely cosmetic.
Ruth said it takes five to six days
for faces to heal after the operations,
four days for eyes, and seven days for
. breast and abdominal.
S>%p&Ue*tce
Sxatic
fs»o
natural fibre clothing ♦ jewelry ♦ gifts
818 P street 1018 howard street
baymarket square-Lincoln old market-Omaka
\