European Fashion Dateline

February, 1965

There was a time not far back when a Frenchman dining at the Savoy in London was clearly recognizable as a son of Gaul. You didn't even have to hear him speak to know for sure. You could tell from the cut of his jacket and the vamp of his shoe that he could have been outfitted nowhere but in Paris. Today, however, clothing is truly international as style and fashion trends move back and forth across national boundaries like a Goldfinger gold smuggler. While sober economists have been tearing the...