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DESHABILLE CHIC.(exhibition of women's fashions, past and present, Museum of the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, New York )

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Patrons of couture generally fall into two categories: wives (or ex-wives) and their husbands' other women. There is a show for each at the Museum of the Fashion Institute of Technology and, rather like marriage and adultery, they offer a choice between the prix fixe and the tasting menu. The basement galleries are devoted to a retrospective of Arnold Scaasi's five decades in fashion. Scaasi is a sort of American Hartnell. Some of his clients ride in motorcades wearing matching coat-and-dress ensembles in floral brocade. Since they do a lot of waving and smiling on behalf of their spouses, they require clothes that are splashy yet irreproachable. Scaasi also specializes in ...

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