Those Loose-Living Europeans

March, 1977

Blame it on the weather. Just when you think you have it knocked, after you've sweated, strained and stuffed your body into the shaped silhouette so much the rage these past few seasons, European designers have done an about-face.Actually, the shift has been coming for some time with the prophetic, though not-taken-quite-seriously collections of Kenzo and others in Paris. But it took a heat wave of epic proportions last summer to really loosen things up. And loosen is the operative word. From th...