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     Colors, catsuits and conservative cuts.  This is fall's fashion message.
     Not all three together, but combinations are strong for the new season.  Especially worth noting are colors offered in strikingly bright contrasts as part of the same garment or else as layered separates and the bold plaids and checks that seem never to go out of style.
     Standouts for the new season are:
     * Jackets worn alone as a dress or coat or else worn with a short skirt or shorts.
     * The catsuit - in previous fashion years known as the bodysuit or unitard - is teamed with a jacket.
     Dresses at night are a little slip of nothing worn with heavy bracelets or long earrings to personalize the classic look.
     The fun of these clothes is seeing how familiar shapes and fabrics are used in fresh ways: Blankets become coats, sweaters become dresses; parkas become evening coats - latex underwear or just as easily a raincoat of black quilted velvet.
     The exotica revealed in the spring's American and European designer collections is refined in the manufacturing process to be palatable for practical Americans.
     Few famous names revealed any revolutionary design ideas: There was more a revival of the old than stirrings of the new.  But for the women who can afford them, the fabrics and cut of the clothes are outstanding and luscious.
     There is the usual sentimental journey among designers such as Ralph Lauren who rely on old West, Americana, and American Indian themes.
     With retail sales in turmoil, U.S.  designers are playing it safe and sane - and salable. At home, the conservatively tailored jacket is paramount, with color the chief surprise.  The pairings can be pink and red, brown and green, gold and black.
     Traditional fall colors return to match leaves on the trees, but there is also an ample supply of red and black - and camel.
     Maybe buyers and shoppers don't trust innovation.  There is more nostalgia than usual.
     The surprises are the accessories, such as the colorful gloves worn by the models when the clothes debuted in the spring.  They may speak for nostalgia or be the harbinger of a trend.