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Sears unveils
Mosaic
by Alvin Bell
New women’s apparel line adds
culture to fashion equation
Sears, Roebuck and Co. unveiled Mosaic by Alvin Bell,
an exclusive collection of casual careerwear designed
expressly tomeet the styling needs and taste preferences
of women of color.
The collection of soft and structured casual/careerwear,
developed to provide dynamic, designer fashion at af
fordable prices, is ideal for work and play with its easy,
relaxed styling that is simple to wear, in fabrics woven
for comfort.
“The beauty of a Mosaic lies in the balance between
color and composition,” said Lana Cain, vice president of
women’s apparel at Sears. “We’ve combined the right
fabrics, designs and silhouettes, with input from women
of color to create a truly special line of clothing -- a form
of poetry that fits the pattern of their lives.”
Cain created a diverse buying staff to serve women of
color. Team members bring to this initiative more than
35 years of retailing experience and, equally important,
shared points of reference with the target customer.
Mosaic and Mosaic Woman collections will be offered
in 200 Sears stores beginning this spring. The first
groups from the Mosaic Collection, “Tangiers” and
“City Camouflage,” include jackets, skirts, pants, tunics
big shirts and camp shirts. Pieces range in price from
$36 to $64 and will be available in both Missy and
Women'’s sizes.
Mosaic and Mosaic Woman are designed exclusively
for Sears by award-winning fashion designer Alvin Bell.
After years of designing elegant couture-like suits, Bell
finds it refreshing to present relaxed and casual career
sportswear directed toward the ethnic market.
“Mosaic is designed for women of color who desire a
hip designer look and also demand value,” Bell ex
plained. “This new line is an exciting opportunity to
design a line with a broad base of appeal -- bring women
new ideas that relate to their lifestyles,” he said.
With its network of 820 full-line department stores
and 2,500 off-the-mall stores, Sears is a leading retailer
of apparel, home and automotive products and related
services for families throughout North America, serving
more than 50 million households.
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Alvin Bell
Award-winning fashion designer Alvin
Bell credits his mother, Katherine Bell,
and his late friend, Willi Smith, with
being the first motivators of his creative
pursuits. While doing the family laun
dry, Alvin’s mother would talk to him
about the great designers of the day.
Norell was a favorite. Sensing Alvin's
interest, she bought him fashion maga
zines and encouraged his seeking en
trance into the Museum College of Art
in Philadelphia. While there, Alvin met
Willi when both enrolled in a drawing
class.
After beginning his career as a com
mercial illustrator, Alvin worked in the
fashion industry under Halston, his
mentor, as well as with Ann Klein who
helped structure his sportswear atti
tude.
Alvin rose to national prominence in
American fashion during his associa
tion with suitmaker PSI. In six years
time, Alvin's design concept moved the
bankrupt manufacturer to more than
S4O million in sales. Available in major
department and specialty stores, Alvin’s
look changed the tide of suits in retail
ing.
STUDY REVEALS:
Elderly living longer;
enjoying it more -
By Paul Recer
AP Science Writer
WASHINGTOM
America’s elderly are not only
living longer but more of them are
staying healthy enough to enjoy it.
A study shows a 14.5 percent de
cline in the rate of older people
who are unable to care for them
selves.
Anational medical survey taken
periodically since 1982 shows that
the percentage of people over age
65 who are disabled has dropped
from 24.9 percent to 21.3 percent,
a difference of about 1.2 million
people.
“There is total life expectancy
and then thereis active life expect
ancy,” said Kenneth G. Manton of
Duke University. “It looks like
both are improving at the same
time.”
Manton is the lead author of a
survey study to be published Tues
day in the Proceedings of the Na
tional Academy of Sciences.
The National Long Term Care
Surveys analyzed by the Manton
team look at the rates of chronic
disability among more than 20,000
people age 65 and older. Chronic
disability is defined as either be
ing in a nursing home or being
unable to perform at least one of
the activities of daily living, such
as bathing or dressing oneself, or
asbeingunable to perform at least
one of the instrumental activities
of daily living, such as washing
clothes.
Manton said that people are liv
ing longer and remaining active
because medical science is learn
ing more about treating the eld
erly.
“We can deal with the elderly
and the oldest old in new ways,”
said Manton. “There is better di
agnosis and treatment of the spe
cialized problems that you getina
very elderly population.”
Also, older people are now bet
ter educated in the ways of health
and long life, said Manton.
“They are more responsive and
they are better medical consum
ers,” said Manton. “They are more
likely to preserve lifestyle factors
Nasa technology
creates market for
recycled milk bhottles
Rescueblankets made of recycled
plastic milk bottles are a new spin
off from NASA'’s research into de
velopment of lightweight metal
insulation for spacecraft, accord
ingtoacollaboratorinthe Agency’s
Small Business Innovative Re
search (SBIR) program.
Using the same “honeycomb”
concept that will be used to make
future spacecraft metal heat bar
riers, researchers working with
scientists at NASA’s Ames Re
search Center, Mountain View,
Calif. have created a lightweight
plastic insulation for blankets and
clothingthat is “better than wool.”
Like wool, the new material can
also keep a person warm, even
when it is wet. Eventually, about
70,000 of the emergency blankets
are expected to be distributed an
nually by Thermalon Industries,
Ltd., El Segundo, Calif. Currently,
250 of the blankets are beingevalu
ated for use in emergencies by
Ames’ Disaster Assistance and
Rescue Team.
“The blankets are better than
wool or fleece because they are
non-allergenic, and they dry five
times faster. The new material is
also four times warmer than wool
in cold and damp conditions,” ac
cording to principal investigator
Steve Miller of S.D. Miller & Asso
ciates, Flagstaff, Ariz. “We plan to
work with ambulance companies
and Red Cross chapters to fully
evaluate use of the blankets,” he
added.
“During our Phase I contract
with NASA, we develnfod new
manufacturing methods for multi
layer metal spacecraft insulation.
The new honeycomb structure we
developed is more efficient than
fibers for insulation. We'll make
honeycomb from metals for high
AUGUSTA FOCUS MARCH 20, 1997
that improve health, such as physi
cal activity and nutrition.” 4
Manton said that the downwigd
trendin chronicdisability hasbeen
noted at each step of the sun(l:y
and is apt to continue into the
future.
“I think the rates will contimie
to decline for the next 10 to 15
years,” said Manton. “What hap
pens with medical technology and
how that feeds into this is specula
tive. But thereisalot of promising
research that deals with the major
disabling diseases, such s
Alzheimer’s and osteoporosis.”-
Richard M. Suzman of the Na
tional Institute on Aging said the
continued improvement in disabil
ity rates shows “this trend is,no
flash in the pan ... but is real and
appears to be accelerating. -,
“The finding gives us hope that
we may be able to handle the revo
lution occurring in longevity bet
ter than we might have expected,”
Suzman said in a statement.
The study noted that if the per
centage of elderly people in indti
tutionsin 1982 remained the same
through 1994, the last year of the
survey, there would be a total:of
2.1 million in nursing homes or
similar facilities. Instead, there are
an estimated 1.7 million in homes,
or 400,000 fewer. 4
Assuming an annual nursing
home cost per person of about
$43,3001in 1994, the 400,000 fewer
amounts to a national savings.of
sl7.3billion in nursing home costs,
the study found.
Such savings, said Manton, have
important implications for pro
grams such as Social Security and
Medicare, and may encourage the
building of more homes designed
to promote the independent living
of theelderly. Such facilities might
have wide doors for people who
use wheelchairs, and other designs
to make bathing, cooking and
moving about easier for the eld
erly.
“There’s a lot you can do to
make the housing more elderly
friendly and friendly to people with
moderate levels of disability,” said
Manton.
temperature uses, and we can
make plastic insulation, even from
recycled milk bottles,” Miller ex
plained. If metal honeycomb insu
lation is used on a future space
craft, that could significantly re
duce launch weight and launch
costs, according to Miller.
“Webelieve thiscould be abreak
through material for spacecraft
insulation,” said Dr. Susan White,
a materials scientist acting as
NASA'’s technical representative
for the SBIR contract with Miller’s
company.
Miller’s company was recently
awarded a Phase 11, $600,000 two
year contract to collaborate with
scientists at Ames and other re
search institutions todemonstrate
insulation efficiency of the new
material to more than 2,000 de
grees Fahrenheit. The contract
was awarded under NASA's SBIR
Program.
In keeping with the goals of the
SBIR program, the new insulation
technology would be commercial
ized during a Phase 111 contract
without government financial sup
port, Miller said. Seventy jobs to
make spacecraft insulation would
be created, and production of res
cue blankets might result in 15
jobs, he estimated.
Students and professors at
Northern Arizona University
(NAU) ran thermal tests for
Miller’s company on various insu
lation materials. NAU associate
professor Andrew P. Odell said,
“The SBIR research gave some of
our physics and engineering stu
dents an opportunity to do some
real-world research and develop
ment and to earn a little extra
money.” Further student collabo
ration is expected during Phasell.
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