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Byline: Jane Herman
Everybody needs a few good basics: a tee or two, of course; a sweater you can wear for a morning staff meeting or to loll on the couch watching The Wire; a couple of pairs of workhorse pants; a clean button-down; a tote that stylishly carries anything from nappies to legal briefs. These essentially are the glue that holds a closetful of designer clothes together. They're the foundation on which we build our favorite outfit.
And they're especially important now, in a season that tends toward theatricality and grandeur: That mink-trimmed Gaultier swing skirt on the runway might better, in the real world, be worn with a featherweight tee by Neal Sperling; that ...