ROANOKE TIMES

                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: SUNDAY, September 11, 1994                   TAG: 9409120033
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 5   EDITION: METRO  
SOURCE: KATHLEEN WILSON
DATELINE:                                 LENGTH: Short


TIMELESS CLASSICS

The blazer. A pleated skirt. A classic white shirt. Simple gold jewelry. Loafers. Navy and ivory opaque tights. Turtlenecks. The cardigan.

The most recent addition?

The walking short.

Some things will never be outdated.

From girlhood to grannyhood, you'll wear these classics. To school. To football games. Around the house. In the kitchen baking Christmas cookies.

This season, they're almost downright ``in'' - which might be viewed as a negative by those who eschew such a label for anything so quintessentially timeless.

It's because designers this fall have fallen hard for plaid, an unspoken element of all things classic.

But don't take offense at the ``in'' label.

Just take it as a piece of advice that there may be more shopping competition this fall for age-old classics than in seasons past, so for best selections ...

Hit the stores now.


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