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- BUSINESS, Page 49Business NotesHABERDASHERYAll the News That Fits
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- In a world of uniformly styled business suits, neckties offer
- men a chance to make a personal statement. Now they can make
- headlines. A few weeks ago, Nicole Miller, the New York City
- clothing designer notable for trendy one-theme designs,
- introduced a limited-edition collection of men's silk ties,
- squares, shirts and boxer shorts, as well as women's shirts and
- scarves, featuring some of the more infamous headlines from the
- tabloid New York Post.
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- Wouldn't be caught dead, you say, wearing an unabashedly
- garish $60 tie or a $255 men's long-sleeve shirt blaring BEST
- SEX I EVER HAD, HEADLESS BODY FOUND IN TOPLESS BAR or RUN DOWN
- LIKE A DOG? At stores like Bloomingdale's, Saks and Bullock's,
- as well as the Nicole Miller shop in Manhattan, such clothing
- is selling faster than an extra-edition sex scandal. And you
- can forget about wearing the news discreetly under your suit.
- The $55 silk boxer shorts, like most of the other items, are
- already sold out. In just one week, sales topped $100,000. Says
- Nicole Miller CEO Bud Konheim: "These designs are much hotter
- than we expected. Since everything we do is limited edition,
- when we say sold out, we mean forever." Fear not, trendies:
- Nicole Miller is considering reprinting headlines from other
- newspapers, including USA Today.
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