8Ths Daily Tar HeelThursday, October 29, 1987
n search of a
Modern Times caters to women like you
X
Lisa Hey ward, designer for
By BETH MILLER
Staff Writer
Tucked in among the specialty
shops on West Franklin Street is
Modem Times, the clothing outlet
where Lisa Heyward spends her time
busily designing clothing for the
energetic woman of the '80s.
Heyward designs her clothes for
the very active and experimental
woman. She says the customers to
whom she eaters-are "interested in
looking great and doing fun things."
Also, while creating her designs, she
keeps in mind women who are
"confident enough to wear unique
clothing."
Heyward showcases her own con
fidence in her designer image by
wearing one of her unique outfits
daily. Her reddish-blond hair is
cropped short, but her bangs touch
below her eyebrows.
Typical selections she makes from
her wardrobe include such outfits as
a leopard-patterned miniskirt with a
wide crew neck russet shirt or a pair
of black and white plaid full-cut shorts
with a black Spandex shirt, Shej
completes her ensembles with a black!
Gaucho hat and black suede high-j
If iLtfNf ifi IIH.
fun, energetic wardrobe?
Modern Times, believes clothes should be comfortable
heeled ankle boots. Heyward is a
former dancer, and her body is a proud
and graceful display for her designs.
Heyward says her interest in art
originated in her childhood. She was
taught mostly by her artistic family,
and she became a design assistant
in the late '60s while she was
modeling for a New York designer at
a Bill Blass division. In 1972. Heyward
began producing her own line of
clothing. She started out by selling
her clothes to retail stores, and four
years ago. she opened her own shop.
Modern Times is now the outlet for
her creations.
Heyward says her clothing lends
itself well to the busy working
woman. Stopping only to change
accessories, her working customer
can wear one outfit both morning and
evening.
Comfort, versatility and the use of
natural fibers play a large part in
Heyward's design methods. She says
her unique and versatile clothing is
meant to fill her customers need for
comfort in their fast-paced lives. Now
Heyward has begun using Spandex,
THE AMERICAN HEART
ASSOCIATION
MEMORIAL PROGRAM
WERE FIGHTING FOR
VOURUFE
American Hoart fg
Associctffonlf
This apse provided as a pubHc service.
DTHTony Deifell
a stretchy material, because it moves
with the body and looks great all day.
Spandex clothing does not restrict
the busy woman's body, she says.
Heyward's use of wide Lycra waist
bands on many of her clothes distin
guishes them from other modem
fashions. She affixes these waist
bands, which can be folded up or
down, on pants and on straight and
full skirts. Clothes made with these
waistbands are versatile and easy to
slip into, she says.
As a designer. Heyward. of course,
has her own opinions about today's
trends. "I am excited by a lot of what
1 see. but I'm not wild about things
that are tight from head to toe, those
things which look hard to wear." She
believes that clothing that fits tightly
in one place should be loose
elsewhere.
Loose translates into comfortable
a must for always on-the-go
customers in this college town.
Although most of her customers
are under forty, Heyward claims her
designs are ageless. So how would
she describe her clothes in one word?
"It's funwear."
It brings out
the best
in all of its
Bash
although the home football game
with the University of Miami on
Saturday afternoon could have some
effect on the intensity of the night's
activities. Despite the fact that the
ECU Pirates have not had spectacular
football seasons in recent years,
football games are extremely impor
tant events in Greenville like
basketball games in Chapel Hill,
except on a smaller scale. Nichols said
things might get a little wilder if ECU
won the game, but he added. "That
doesn't seem too likely."
Nichols credits the smoothness of
Halloween downtown to the city
policy of blocking off an area for
celebrating. "It is our policy to allow
students to take over the streets and
let 'em party." he said.
Not too manv vears aao. the citv
did not exhibit such a tolerant
attitude toward the Halloween
revelry. In 1974 and 75. downtown
"It is our policy to allow students to take over
the streets and let 'em party. "
Randy Nichols
Greenville was the ; site of heated
confrontations between partiers and
police. Authorities made numerous
arrests and resorted to using tear gas.
The city even closed down the
downtown section on Halloween
several years in the late 70s.
The source of conflict was the city's
policy concerning traffic. "If the
sidewalks are full of people and
spilling over just a little, it is no
problem," Nichols said. "On 5th
Street, though, the sidewalks are not
big enough to hold everyone. The city
fathers told us to keep the streets
open to traffic and that was where
the trouble started."
A longtime Greenville resident who
asked not to be identified recalled the
situation in 1975, when things did
get out of hand downtown. "Eve
ryone I knew went downtown that
night," she said. She did not arrive
until about 1 2:30. after the first tear
gassing. Everything was extremely quiet at
first, she said, because the crowd had
completely cleared away. Then people
started coming back, and the police
once again tried to keep traffic
flowing. v
"It looked like a war zone." she
said. "I thought they were shooting
people."
Although she did not go to any bars
that night, she heard about problems
with tear gas drifting in through
ventilation systems. "They said the
gas was bad in The Attic (a downtown
bar)." she said. "There was a mass
panic to get out."
The last couple of Halloweens have
been much more peaceful. UNC
TQ)TCF
1SJ
This Kfawspaper
from page 7
sophomore Karen Redd said she saw
no incidents occur during the cele
bration last year, but that the
magnitude of the crowd on the street
was overwhelming. "It was wall-to-wall
people." she said. "If you moved,
the crowd had to move."
Partiers were dressed "in 1.000
different ways." and for the most
part, people were well-behaved and
friendly, she said. "1 had heard things
would get out of control." she said.
"1 was surprised at how laid-back
everything was."
Slocumb, too. said the crowd was
large but peaceful when he was on
5th Street for Halloween 1985. He
likened the scene to "the biggest frat
party you've ever seen." He called the
social gathering pleasant, although it
took a long time even to cross a
street in the blocked-off section.
Although campus police expect
some rise in activity on the ECU
campus, they foresee no special
problems, according to campus police
chief Johnny Rose. Most of the
Halloween celebration will be down
town, out of campus security's
jurisdiction. Rose said security offi
cers will patrol as usual.
Rose said campus security had no
notable problems on Halloween last
year, with the exception of alcohol
violations.
Rose said he does expect more
people than usual to be on campus
due to the football game.
Scott Thomas. ECU'S student body
president, called the annual
celebration "something that has been
building and building over years."
Efforts in past years to divert some
students from 5th Street to on
campus Halloween events were not
successful, he said. "We realize there
is no way for us to lessen or control
the celebration." he said, and added
that he expects students from across
the state and even outside the state
to show up.
While students cannot control
what goes on Saturday night, they
can take responsibility for what goes
on Sunday morning. For the first
time, the lnterfratemity Council has
volunteered to assist city workers in
cleaning up 5th Street after 3 a.m.
Sunday. Thomas said he hopes this
project will have a positive effect on
relations between students and the
city.
"The cleanup effort says a lot for
our students." said Thomas. "It
shows that they are responsible, that
they are willing to put forth an
effort."
. . - . - - 4