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Contrasting trends are creating a vibrant dynamic tension in this fall’s fashions.

Menswear-influenced suits are paired with lace and flowerembellished blouses. Sweet floral dresses are paired with cowboy boots. A chunky grandpa cardigan plays off a pair of sleek skinny jeans. A satin blouse is combined with a pair of skinny military-inspired cargo pants.

“There’s a lot of mix and matching styles,” said Erica Holloway of Ella Ivy Boutique in Pontotoc.

The menswear is inspiring many of the looks, but they have a tailored feminine feel.

“Everything is going more sleek with an emphasis on waistlines,” said Krista Blanchard of Reed’s Department Store in Tupelo. “It’s a more tailored fit this fall. ”

ner suits,” Simmons said. “It’s back to the elegant.”

In many cases, the silhouettes are simple – a great jacket layered over a matching sheath dress – or gorgeous pants suits in elegant silk and satin fabrics.

Balancing the suit’s seriousness, are tops with feminine details, like lace, crochet and ruffles.

“There’s a lot of feminine elegance,” Simmons said.

Though skinny jeans remain a wardrobe staple, trousers are also big this fall, in line with the menswear influence.

Topping it off

Even beyond suits, jackets and flowing cardigans are taking center stage this fall, not just for function of staying warm, but as the centerpiece of an outfit.

“Outer wear is really big this fall,” Simmons said.

There’s a jacket for almost any mood. Leather biker jackets, classic soft camel pea coats The suit is back and almost cape-like trench One of the fall’s biggest head- coats. lines is the return of the suit.

“Jackets are meant to be “We haven’t seen suits in sev- worn as a key piece of an outeral years, but suits seem to be fit,” Holloway said, not just making a comeback,” Blanouter wear that you shed when chard said, much to the relief you get into the office. “It’s all of women whose professions about how you layer. You can demand a more tailored look. add a lot of personality to it.”

The classic looks are reminisAs the weather cools, there cent of the understated grace are lots of jackets incorporating of Greta Garbo and Marlene fur details, too, Simmons said.

Dietrich, Simmons said.

The lengths of the jackets are The suit isn’t just boxed in to all over the place. the office.

“We’re seeing cute crop jack“We’ve seen the re-emerets, but also lots of long jackets gence of the pretty cocktail din- and chunky little sweaters,”

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A sheer, belted Waverly dress brings the sweet and the sassy together with cowboy boots from Charlie 1 Horse by Lucchese International. Sadie earrings finish off the outfit for Madelyn Jennings of Tupelo. Outfit from Reed’s Department Store in Tupelo.

Holloway said.

Cropped bandleader jackets bring a military influence to the table.

The jackets and sweaters are very versatile, dressing up or down according to function and mood.

“It’s so easy to put on with jeans,” Simmons said of the drapey cardigans, but they also look great with trousers or a skirt.

As with the contrasting styles, balancing shapes is important, too.

“The drapier the cardigan or

jacket, the more you need to go back with skinny leg jeans,” Simmons said.

strong element for the fall, but they have to be balanced across the outfit, Blanchard said. Choose a great belt, a metallic blazer or metallic Colors and prints shoes and then match it back The contrasts continue with with other elements. the hot colors for the fall. Icy “You want to balance metalgrays play off warm camel collic with one good piece per ors.

Understated taupes set off vi- outfit,” Blanchard said.

Along with strong colors, brant purple, deep forest green plaids and animal prints are and other jewel tones. adding texture this fall.

In keeping with the military “Plaid is a huge deal,” Holthread running through the loway said. season, olive green and khaki Big bold check patterns are are also popular hues. popping up on dresses, jackets Metallic fabrics are also a

and shirts.

“It’s just not going to go away,” Simmons, because women love them. “It’s fun.”

Animal prints of all stripes and spots are showing up in velvets, silks and other fabrics.

This fall, there’s leopard, python and some prints that aren’t actually tied to any animal.

“Many are really contemporary take offs on animal prints,” Simmons said.

Contact Michaela Morris at (662)6781599 or michael.morris@djournal.com.

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TOMS come in a variety of colors and styles. Most popular right now are the silver glitter women’s pair.

Most TOMS are slip-ons, but they TUPELO – The most basic TOMS shoes look pretty simple, like a piece also sell laced shoes, Cordones. Also of cloth wrapped around the wearer’s for women are wrapped boots, wedges and work boots. Men’s styles foot. But everything that is TOMS is include the basic TOMS shoe, as well more than just the simple shoe: It’s as Cordones, Stitchouts and work about helping those in need.

“With every pair you purchase,” ac- boots. TOMS also offers vegancording to the TOMS website, “TOMS friendly shoes. will give a pair of new shoes to a Virginia Coleman, who oversees child in need.” the women’s shoe department in The shoes Reed’s, said there’s a pair of TOMS for often go to chileveryone. dren in develop- ■ Learn more about “It pretty well covers all ages,” she ing countries, TOMS at toms.com. said. “And it’s not limited to spring especially to and summer.” combat diseases. They’re also given McCain said the shoes are reasonto needy children whose schools reably priced and are “extremely good quire shoes to attend class. shoes.”

The company’s “One for One” misThanks to a sizing error, TOMS are sion and stylish kicks are what’s mak- not available in children’s sizes, but ing TOMS the hottest shoes in North- should be back in stores around east Mississippi.

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“It’s just phenomenal,” said Morris McCain at Reed’s Department Store, where TOMS are sold. “It’s unreal how many we sell. We sold close to 1,000 pairs last month in our two stores.”

More than fashion

For Emilee Pearce, the TOMS mission is more important than the fashion.

Pearce, an Itawamba Community College sophomore from Mantachie, has put on two TOMS-related events.

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ICC students Emilee Pearce, Ginger Young and Bethany Willis wear their TOMS shoes to class. Pearce is wearing her self-designed shoes (left), and Young designed the flowery pair.

In April, she held a “Style Your Sole” event at ICC, where students could buy a pair of white TOMS and draw or paint on them. Also in April, she held a barefoot walk from the downtown Tupelo Reed’s location to Fairpark to raise awareness abot the TOMS mission.

“I like that you can express yourself and help somebody at the same time,” the 19-year-old said. “I love to

help out; it’s what I’m called to do.”

Pearce has five pairs of TOMS for herself but has also bought them for family.

“I bought my dad (a pair), and my pawpaw has a pair,” she said, laughing.

Her friends, Bethany Willis and Ginger Young, are also fans of TOMS. “They’re comfortable,” Willis said.

“I wear them all the time.”

Young said the shoes were efficient for college life. “They’re kind of like slippers,” she said.

Pearce said she’s almost never without her TOMS. “I wear mine to work, to school,” she said. “They’re good for pretty much anything.”

Contact Sheena Barnett at (662)678-1580 or sheena.barnett@djournal.com.

Online store moves to Main Street

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TUPELO – They say do the thing you love, and the money will follow.

Carrie Hancock is taking that advice to heart, and her passion is fashion.

“I just always really liked clothes,” the 24year-old said. “I really like to shop. With the trends that are out there, I like to pick and choose to make them my own.”

In 2009, she earned a degree in education psychology from Mississippi State University, but “that doesn’t really apply to what I’m doing,” she said.

In February, she opened an Internet clothing store, yellowlovebirds.com, while she was living in Charleston, S.C.

“Yellow is my favorite color, and I just love birds,” she said. “The name is a reflection of me because nobody else would come up with it. It’s original.”

Now, the Internet-based business has a realworld address. Hancock, a 2005 alumna of Tupelo High School, decided to bring her business back home. It’s located at 206 West Main Street in downtown Tupelo.

In the beginning, she’ll fill the store with clothes and accessories that match her own ideas about style. That won’t completely change, but she said she’ll be open to suggestions.

“I definitely want feedback,” she said. “If they

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TUPELO – Like a classroom full of kids fresh from summer, fall fashion for children is loud and colorful.

Bright hues, strong patterns, sparkly embellishments and a spunky attitude are making fall 2010’s fashion look more like something from spring or summer.

“This fall is going to be really vibrant,” said Doodles owner Monia Beasley.

Colors and patterns

Earthy tones usually mark fall fashion, but not this year.

“The colors seem to be a little bit brighter than in years past,” said Deanna Russell, owner of Silly Simpson’s.

All colors are in, but one stands out at Doodle’s: “The color is purple,” Beasley said. “Any shade of purple.”

From pale lavender to deep grape, purple is everywhere, from dresses to tops to bottoms.

“The jegging is a huge deal.

They’re jean-colored leggings.”

Sissie Craft

Reed’s Department Store, children’s department.

Jewel tones are in at Reed’s Department Store, said Sissie Craft in the children’s department.

Russell said she’s been surprised at the amount of black in girls’ fashion.

“I’m seeing more black for girls – it’s a little bit edgier,” she said. “It’s paired with a bright color, like black and white with a bright pink.”

Orange is another color big at Silly Simpson’s, and yellow and gray are a fashionable pair, she said.

Patterns are very feminine, featuring animal prints, flowers, polka dots, stripes and birds.

“We’re still putting all those wild patterns together,” Russell said. “Even smock dresses are in bold fabrics.”

Denim is back, Beasley said, especially in jackets and skirts.

Speaking of denim, jeggings are popular at Reed’s.

“The jegging is a huge deal,” Craft said.

“They’re jean-colored leggings.”

Tunics with leggings have been in style for the past several seasons, and that’s still the case this fall, Craft, Russell and Beasley agreed.

“It’s so easy for kids to wear that, and go to school or church,” Beasley said.

Little things in life

Accessories are getting more popular, both Craft and Beasley said. Necklaces, headbands, wristlets, bracelets, bags – they’re all musthaves for the fall.

“Handbags and jewelry have really picked up for this age group,” Beasley said.

Peace signs are still stylish, Craft said.

Sequins and embellishments are popular on accessories and shoes, too. Doodles carries sequined baseball caps and overnight bags, and colorful laptop bags, while Silly Simpson’s features sequin shoes.

Colorful plastic watches with diamond-encircled faces are huge right now, Beasley said.

Magnetic jewelry is also popular, because it allows kids to make their own jewelry out of the magnetic parts.

Scarves have made a comeback in the past few seasons, and they’re not going anywhere this fall.

Little guys, big style

Fashion for boys this fall features fun masculine styles and those signature bright colors.

A line of shirts at Doodles goes through the alphabet – “M is for Monster,” “B is for Boogie Monster,” “R is for Robot.”

At Reed’s, comfort is the word.

“It’s really all about comfort dressing,” Craft said.

Fuzzy, warm Northface jackets and strong button-up shirts are in style at Reed’s.

Similarly, plaid shorts and a simple T-shirt are in at Silly Simpson’s.

Reversible longjohns and longalls for boys are also big hits, Russell said.

“It’s like two for one,” Russell said.

Contact Sheena Barnett at (662)678-1580 or sheena.barnett@djournal.com.

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Purple, denim and sequins – three big factors of girls’ fall fashion in one outfit. Mary Kate Butler, 10, of Pontotoc, shows off a purple Roxy jacket, shirt and demin mini with Molly n’ Me matching sparkling bag and hat, all from Doodle’s.

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Clockwise from top: Ginna Douglas of Blue Springs makes a great catch with this Desigual dress with fish scale motif. The outfit from Reed’s Department Store is accented with AB Jewels earrings, Trina Turk ring and BCBG shoes.

Olivia May of Saltillo is cool and classic in a Trina Turk black white zigzag print skirt and Tibi turtleneck. A Toy watch, Sadie earrings and Nicole ankle boots complement the outfit from Reed’s Department Store in Tupelo.

Tupelo resident Shipman Sloan’s wool suit is by Hardwick Clothing Co., and he’s wearing an Enro no-iron cotton shirt and a tie by R. Hanauer. All items are available at Reed’s Department Store.

The bright colors and bold patterns of the Danica & Dylan tunic dress and leggings, modeled by Emma Murphree, 5, of Tupelo, from Silly Simpson’s, are what’s in style for girls this fall. Boys’ fall fashions are comfortable, as Ty Russell, 5, of Tupelo, shows, wearing a Mist Tee V Us long-sleeve pixelated peace sign shirt and patchwork pants from Silly Simpson’s.

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Savannah Williams, 8, of Shannon, shows off a Studio Three-Forty-Two black and leopard print dress from Reed’s. Animal prints are popular for fall for girls.

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Collage necklaces, right, and big chunky beads, like these from Main Attraction in Tupelo, are making big statements this fall.

Accessories go bold for fall

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This fall, accessories are all about the B’s: Boots, belts, bold jewelry and big bags.

These key pieces are playing a starring roles in pulling together the season’s hottest looks.

For the feet

Boots are continuing their fashion dominance this fall, and women don’t lack choices when it comes to the fashion staple.

“Anything paired with boots, any type of boot,” hits the fashion bulls eye said Erica Holloway of Ella Ivy Boutique in Pontotoc.

Tall riding boots, slouchy boots, over-the-knee boots and ankle booties all have their place.

There’s even peep-toe boots.

“Cowboy boots are everywhere,” said Virginia Coleman of Reed’s Department Store in Tupelo. “They just look cute with a variety of things.”

Cowboy boots look great with jeans and floaty, floral dresses.

The ankle booties lend cachet to the skinny cargo pants.

But boots aren’t the only game in town.

Flats, wedges and pumps are getting a fall make-over with jeweled embellishments and a range of metallics.

Whatever the choice, what goes on your feet is key for pulling the fall’s best looks to-

gether.

“Your shoes are as important as the outfit,” said Dale Simmons of Reed’s.

Pulled together

Belts play a key role in giving flowing tunic tops and drapey cardigans a pulled-together look.

Belts are showing up in both skinny and wide widths. The skinny belts tend to be worn higher to give an outfit an empire waist line, said Krista Blanchard of Reed’s. Wide belts can be worn at the natural waist or slung low.

There’s a mix between simple woven belts and studded and embellished. There’s a strong vein of taupe hues for belts, but also metallics and colors.

“Belts are another good place to incorporate metallics or a pop of color,” Blanchard said.

Jewelry

Whether at the wrists, the neck or ears, there are jewelry pieces to make a big statement this fall.

“Bracelets are everywhere,” particularly big, embellished cuffs, said Barbara Morgan of Tupelo’s Main Attraction.

Likewise long necklaces that create a collage effect are also strong for fall. The collage look in necklaces can come from one piece or a layering of necklaces, Holloway said.

However, with all the big,

chunky options, it’s important to keep balance in mind.

“Go chunky with one or the other,” Morgan said of necklaces and bracelets. “Both are too much.”

Balance isn’t just between jewelry pieces. It can help add the feminine balance to the menswear looks this fall.

“We’re still seeing a lot of pearls,” Blanchard said. “That’s a great look to put back with military and boyfriend blazer looks.”

Earrings are drawing from 1980s influences with big hoops and dangly bling.

“It’s like big sparkly disco balls,” Morgan said.

The metals for jewelry are very warm: golds, gun metals, coppers, brass and mixed metals.

“It doesn’t have to be real silver or gold,” Morgan said. “Cos-

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tume jewelry is back with fun, funky styles.”

There’s also a touch of whimsy with dragon flies and other little creatures worked into the jewelry.

In the bag

For the fall, handbags are going big.

“The satchel looks are really big with handles and flaps on the outside pockets,” Blanchard said.

There are serious shades of leather from mocha to taupe as well as fun pops of colors in deep corals and reds, Holloway said. The bags are also being accented with ruffles and rosettes.

“It gives you that flirty look,” Holloway said.

Contact Michaela Morris at (662)6781599 or michael.morris@djournal.com.

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Continued from Page 3E don’t see something in the store, I’ll want to try to make that happen.”

In addition to jackets, dresses, tops and pants, Yellow Lovebirds carries shoes, accessories and vintage jewelry.

“We’ll carry leggings and hose when the weather changes,” she said. “I hope to add purses later.”

The Internet site will continue taking orders 24 hours a day. The store’s hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday to Saturday.

Hancock plans to carry styles for a range of women.

“All fashion is an expression of your personality,” she said. “It doesn’t matter about

your age. If you like something, you might as well wear it.”

In the early days, she’ll have help at the store from her mom, Helen Hancock, and sister, Catherine McMahan.

And there will be one other special helper.

“I have a kitty cat that will live at the store. His name is Charleston because I got him in Charleston,” Hancock said.

“He’s going to be my store cat.”

As a child, Hancock never went through a tomboy phase. She’s always had her passion for fashion, and she wants to share it.

“I’ve just always loved it,” she said, “and I know I can pick out cute clothes.”

Contact M. Scott Morris at (662) 6781589 or scott.morris@djournal.com.

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TO MARKET, TO MARKET

■ Tupelo retailers travel to big cities to shop for clothing trends six to eight months ahead of the season.

BY GINNA PARSONS

C. TODD SHERMAN

At left, Emily Blair Huffman, 18, of Tupelo, pairs a cotton polka dot dress from the 1950s with a new crocheted sweater, silk scarf and purse. Casey Kendrick, 26, of Covington, La., sports a silk celadon party dress from the early ‘60s paired with a new military-style jacket, a straw hat, and a Paloma Picasso purse from the ‘70s.

Old is new again ■ For a unique look, try pairing vintage clothing with modern fashions

BY GINNA PARSONS Daily Journal

TUPELO – You know that sweater set from the 1940s you have stored in the top of your closet, the one your grandmother wore to bridge club luncheons?

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“You should never be afraid to mix old and new. There’s no date to a sweater as long as it’s not stretched-out or moth-eaten,” said Barbara Morgan, owner of The Main Attraction Emporium and Coffee Bar in downtown Tupelo.

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TUPELO – Chances are, that fall dress you’re trying on in the store right now was purchased by a clothes buyer six or eight months ago.

So how does that buyer know in February what will be fashionable in October?

They get their insider tips by going to apparel markets in Dallas, New York, Chicago, Atlanta and Las Vegas. Most shop in January, February and March for fall and winter fashions, and in September and October for spring and summer fashions.

“I remember when we went to market one March and our first appointment showed us what they had for fall,” said Krista Blanchard, a buyer for Reed’s women’s department in Tupelo. “Everything had this real ‘80s look. And I’m like, ‘You’ve got to be kidding me.’ I didn’t buy from them.

“Then you go to the next appointment and they have the same thing. Then you start getting it into your head and you think, ‘OK, I’m not used to this, but this is what’s happening.’

By the end of the market, you’ve bought a lot of that stuff. Every market, it’s the same thing.”

But sometimes, shoppers in the South are a little slower to pick up on trends that are happening in New York and Los Angeles.

“It’s harder for stores in the Southeast to find merchandise to sell because so much is DESTE LEE catered to the Northeast and Zoie Rose Macias, 2, sports a two-piece jungle print from Young Colors. Monia Beasley, owner and buyer for Doodles, the West Coast,” said Monia picked this fall outfit at an apparel market in January.

Beasley, owner and buyer for store, she knows her cusfor women’s fashions, said Doodles in Tupelo, which spe- that’s what’s going to happen tomers and what they like. cializes in unique clothing and here – eventually. Sometimes Jimmy Long, owner and buyer “We know what sells,” she gifts for children. “They are the we’ll buy and be ahead of ourfor MLM Clothiers in Tupelo. selves and everybody will be said. “I can tell you what sold trend setters – the big city “I started going to market in like, ‘No way.’ And we say, ‘Yes, last year, what didn’t, what we looks. But that’s not what our New York in 1966 and I’ve been customers are looking for. this is what’s happening.’ And had to mark down. We evalugoing ever since,” he said. “We Blanchard echoed her senti- two years later, it will hit here.” ate this store’s inventory every get to look at a lot of exclusive ments. season. We brainstorm, keep stuff that’s not on the open “Because we’re in a small, notes, see what we missed, Know your customers market.”

Southern town, trends don’t Because Beasley is shopping what sold quickly.”

Long spends a lot of his time come to us as fast,” she said. “I for her own store, rather than Blanchard said anticipating in the Big Apple at private see it at market and I know trends in Tupelo six months buying for a large department showings, where he is shown ahead can be dicey, but more swatches of imported fabric for often than not, she is rewarded suits, blazers and dress shirts. for her instincts.

“We’re more English tradi“In March, I bought for fall,” tional so we’re looking at fabshe said. “Now, I’m seeing the rics to create our own things,” new magazines and they are he said. “Our clothing is cusshowing the Top 10 ‘musttom-made for us. If we see a haves’ for fall and I think, ‘I’ve seersucker fabric we like, we got that.’ And if I realize we’ve get to decide if it will be made missed a big trend at market, into pants with a flat-front or a we can always place an imme- pleated-front or if it will be diate order.” made into walk shorts. KissBeasley said when she goes pleat, single-pleat, doubleto market, she’s searching for pleat, even the rise of the lines that no one else in town trousers. We get to decide.” is carrying.

Long said when he’s shop“I want to find something ping at market, he looks first at for Tupelo you can’t find anyquality, then price. where else,” she said. “But I al“When you buy a piece of ways go with an open mind. I clothing, you’re paying for the just keep looking for and find- fabric, the make and the maring new resources. I try to keting,” he said. “There’s a bring into the store something reason why things cost. If children and their parents will you’re wearing something agree on. That’s my biggest that is heavily advertised in challenge. That and comfortmagazines or on TV, you able clothing. Children are not know you’re paying for the going to wear clothing that marketing and not necessarily itches.” the quality. A lot of what we sell is never advertised anyCustom-made for men where.”

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Vintage

EVOLVING FASHION

Continued from Page 8E

Wrinkles don’t have to be a fact of life

In addition to selling unique gifts and home furnishings, Morgan specializes in vintage clothing.

“I started collecting vintage clothing as a child. I loved dressing up in it,” she said. “I first became aware of what I was doing in the ‘70s, when my grandmother gave me some of her vintage sweaters. Daily, I wear something vintage, whether it’s a pair of earrings, a ring or a pair of shoes. I have a lot of ‘50s dresses I wear in the summer.”

Morgan scours estate sales, auctions and resale shops for good clothing from the 1920s to the ‘80s that can be worn alone or paired with current trends.

“You have to do the stress test when you’re doing vintage,” she said. “Pull on the seams, check for dry rot, try the zippers, check for stains. They don’t always come out.”

Morgan likes to pair new camisoles with beaded cashmere sweaters from the 1940s.

Or she’ll take a vintage straight skirt and put a new sweater with it. She might even take a short dress from the ‘60s and wear it as a tunic over a pair of jeans.

“I used to think certain fabrics didn’t go together, but as I’ve gotten older, I’ve realized it’s just trial and error,” she said. “You know when you put something on if it looks good. There are lots of variables in fashion, whether it’s current or yesterday.”

■ New fabric treatments may cut down on your trips to the dry cleaners.

BY M. SCOTT MORRIS Daily Journal

The well-dressed man may not have to pay as much to stay that way as he used to.

What started out as a trend has turned into a top-seller at men’s stores.

“We’re having a lot of interest in wrinkle-free, stain-resistant shirts,” said Jimmy Long, coowner of MLM Clothiers in Tupelo. “We have tested these wrinkle-free shirts over the last couple of years. We’ve found one that performs the way they say it will. It does work.”

MLM carries wrinkle-free shirts by Andrew J. Over at Reed’s Department Store in Tupelo, the top brand is Enro, but there are others, too.

“Enro does a shirt and a stay-pressed pant that are very popular,” said John Rush, men’s department manager at Reed’s. “We have several colors in the pants. Khaki is No. 1, of course. We have the shirts in a lot of colors and patterns, too. People can’t get enough of them.”

In the past, treatments to make clothes more wrinkle resistant have had the trade off of being uncomfortable. But technology has advanced.

“You wash it and dry it and hang it up,” Long said of the Andrew J. shirt. “It’s very comfortable, very comfortable. I love the collar on it. I think it’s got one of the best collars in the business.”

Here comes the bride

As you shop for your fall and winter wardrobe in these economic times, it’s important to consider the staying power of the clothes you buy.

At the same time, change comes to men’s fashion slowly, so find what you like, wear it and enjoy it.

In the 1980s, Morgan liked to wear old suits from the ‘40s with the big, padded shoulders, because pads were huge at that time.

“Even vintage has cycles of coming back,” she said. “The lines of older clothing are so nice. When you’re going out in the evening, who knows whether that’s your mother’s mink stole or something new?”

A popular piece of vintage clothing is the wedding dress. Many brides like to wear the same gown their mother or grandmother wore.

“Say you’ve got this cotton batiste wedding gown from the 1920s,” Morgan said.

“You could put it with a new pair of shoes or a new veil. And you could do vintage undergarments, like a silk slip. It doesn’t have to show. It just has to be in good shape.”

Over the years, Morgan has found it increasingly harder to find good vintage clothing.

“It’s just not out there like it used to be,” she said. “People see the merit now to that closet full of their mother’s or grandmother’s clothing.”

Contact M. Scott Morris at (662) 678-1589 or scott.morris@djournal.com.

Contact Ginna Parsons at (662) 678-1581 or ginna.parsons@djournal.com

Two buttons

Men’s fashion is geological in nature – change is often slow in coming.

However, sports coats and suit coats have undergone a period of evolution in recent years.

You can still get a three-button coat, but you’re more likely to find two-button coats when you do your clothes shopping.

“It’s been moving that way, and now two-button is what you see most,” Rush said.

Joe Yarber, co-owner at MLM, said his store has been responding to customer demand.

“That’s what you see: Two-button center vent and two-button side vent,” Yarber said.

A different look

As for other changes, Rush said the winter of 2009-10 saw a resurgence in the popularity of sweater vests in a variety of styles and colors.

PHOTO BY DESTE LEE

Justin Martin of Tupelo wears wool pants by Hart Schaffner Marx with a plaid Austin Reed sport coat, an Enro no-iron cotton shirt and a tie by Hart Schaffner Marx from Reed’s Department Store.

If early fall shoppers are any indication, Rush expects the trend to continue.

“You’ve got your different textures and fabrics,” he said. “We are selling quite a few of them already. It’s just a different look, you know. And depending on how hot or cold your office is, it could help keep you warm.”

No one would ever label blue jeans as new, but Yarber said men are responding to MLM’s dressy denim pants by Agave.

“They’re premium jeans, cut and sewn in California,” he said.

Like MLM’s line of Bill’s Khakis, the Agave

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