Are You Ready for the Crop?
By Cleo Glyde
Fashion provocateurs Dolce & Gabbana sent crops down the runway as fall's new must-have accessory. Could it work in the read world? Cleo Glyde whipped up a frenzy putting it to the test in L.A.
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Fashion Road Test: The Crop
9 A.M. STOPPING TRAFFIC ON THE BOULEVARD: The crop changes my entire attitude and physical stance with its implied power.
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10 A.M. GROCERY SHOPPING: Matronly eyebrows shoot up at the supermarket. At the banana counter, one woman mutters, \"I\'m not even going to ask!\"
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2 P.M. HANGIN\' AT THE COFFEE BEAN: Sasha, a sexy tattooed DJ from Ibiza, purrs to his cohort, \"I\'m unshockable, but this is so dominating . . . For once I\'m speechless.\"
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4 P.M. CBS TELEVISION CITY: A passerby plays along: \"Are you rich? I don\'t know fashion, but what the hell is this?\"
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MIDNIGHT WORKING THE MECHANICAL BULL AT THE SADDLE RANCH CHOP HOUSE: Says the cowgirl hostess, \"This is sooo cool. You\'re not from L.A.\"
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The crop
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