KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS

KNIGHT RIDDER NEWSPAPERS
We know what Jean Harlow did in the '30s and Elizabeth Taylor did in the '50s for women's slips.
Actress Naomi Watts has done the same thing for the slip in Peter Jackson's "King Kong," the New York Times observes.
The Times says Watts works the slip as she "whirls and shimmies like an overheated wind-up toy" before King Kong. Same time, the soft sexiness of the style is fitting with the romantic spring styles.
Now retail stores such as Victoria's Secret and Bloomingdale's are forecasting a boost in slip sales, and they are pumping up stock and labels. Marshal Cohen, retail analyst for market research firm NPD Group, told the Times that interest was on the rise among young customers who would sooner have bought a hoop skirt a year ago.
Fashion pundits note that slips have a certain innocence, yet they are sophisticated and womanly. They expect it to become an alternative to the wildly popular camisole, which has run its course.
"It's the pristine version of sexiness," said Tobe Report 's analyst Susan Rolontz.