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color casts, it works for white. The diEFerences
only highlight the richness of the lace, embroi
dery or eyelet that also might be part of the
outfit.
“There’s cool blueish white, white with a yel
low cast, a rosy cast, a creamy cast. It’s kind of
cool to mix it all up. Wear a vanilla shade, ecru
and optic white, and mix it aH together. If
you’re confused about the different whites, go
to the local paint store, theyh sort it out,” says
Kors witii a laugh, who wears white, er, ecru,
jeans 12 months a year.
White is for all seasons, Kors says, though
the ecru and sand-colored shades are easier to
pull off than optic white when there’s still a
dull in the air. For early spring, he su^ests a
creamy white lace dress with metallic shoes
and maybe a fur cape. In the summer, wear
that same dress with flip-flops.
White actually can be tricky for shoes, says
Coach president and executive director Reed
Krakoff, so, ifin doubt, go with a casual style or
more of a parchment color. He points to the
Dori sHngback fi'om the current collection that
has a creamy color and gold hardware. “It has
a natural color, a stacked heel and gold hard
ware, which breaks it up. It’s not a brides
maid’s or nurse’s shoe.”
For bags, thou^, almost anything goes.
“White is as easy as black, now that people are
wearing it year-round,” says KrakoflF who is
indeed wearing a white shirt during this inter
view.
Evai once this white “trend” is over, Krakoff
expects white to stick around as a basic color—
like black and navy—that will be integrated
into future collections.
“WeT always have it. It’s a new basic. Now
it’s particularly popular, but two years fiom
now it won’t be as popular. It’s like metallic this
year. It was huge a year or two ago, and now
it’s a basic,” he says.
For now, thoi^h, white "is the story for
sprite,” says Andrews, a fashion director
for Nordstrom, with white-on-white as the
chicest outfit and the white handbag as the
“iconic item” of the season.
“The great thing about white is that it can be
worn head to toe for a very chic fresh and
sophisticated look or it can be the neutral of the
season. It can be feminine if you wear it with
soft, muted pastels, or you can wear white and
beige, white and camel or white and brown.’
More choices than you think
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director of the Pantone Color
Institute, a color research
and information center based
in Carlstadt, N.J.
'lb figure out why, Eiseman
says you have to look at more
than clothes. What’s usually
popiflar in fashion also is
prominent in housewares,
film, food, and other areas of
everyday life.
“Usually there’s more than
one reason that brings a color
into play Because we’ve been
so inundated with color the
last few years, there comes a
time when white will start
looking calming again,” says
Eiseman.
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Debate over cancer treatment
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cally cuttir^ out dysplasia.
The problem: 'The only
treatment completely proven
to prevent esophageal cancer ■
is to cut out that part of the
esophagus, a high-risk opera
tion, conclude Spechler and
colleague Di'. Rhonda Souza,
who recently reviewed the
evidence in an American
Cancer Society journal.
'The less invasive Barrett’s
treatments haven’t been
studied long enoiigh to know
if theyTl really eliminate the
cancer risk, or if it will just
return—and they too, cause
some side effects, the pair
caution.
Stfll, the treatments do
offer an option for patients
too old or ill for major esopha
gus surgery, says Dr. Prateek
Sharma of the University of
Kansas School pf Medicine, a
spokesman for the American
Gastroenterological
Association. And for those
with those precancerous dys
plasia spots, they’re a poten
tial middle groimd.
One thing all agree on:
Every Barrett’s patient needs
high-powered medication to
conti-ol their acid reflux, even
those who don’t complain of
heartburn symptoms. The
esophagus may simply be too
scarred to feel the pain any
more.
Promising research is
under way that suggests a
genetic mark^ may soon be
able to tell which Barrett’s
patioits are at highest risk
for cancer, and which can
relax, Souza adds.
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