"But for years, Polaroid has been style-over-substance, form-over-function, bringing nothing new to the party," Mr. Disend said.
"It offers a mix of serenity and carnival with fashion trends," said Bernard Ozer, a vice president of the Associated Merchandising Corporation, who has been style-spotting here for nearly two dozen summers.
He has been styling hair "since God was a boy," otherwise calculated as 23 years, 13 of them on Broadway.
"I have been styling in this sense for years," said Natalie Joos, a stylist, writer and photographer in New York.
"Men now take a lot of care about how they look and I have been styling my clients in 1930s looks for a while.
A lot of the pieces can be mixed and matched and I love to see how people have been styling them.
It's all an extension of the boxier jackets and pleated pants that the Italians have been styling for several years now.
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Another problem has been the style of coaching.
LOS ANGELES — For decades, the car business has been about style, performance, image and fuel efficiency.
