Article: Cable television hooks up with designer, celebrity lines. (Liquinet Inc.)

Cable Television Hooks Up With Designer, Celebrity Lines

Where can consumers buy a dozen Bill Blass label men's crew socks for $29.99, Jimmy Connors sunglasses for $19.99 or a four-pack of famous label men's cologne for $14.95 without walking into a store?

Through any number of catalogs and cable shopping television --two hot new channels of distribution for designer-label and branded men's apparel in primarily furnishings and accessories.

Once the darling of snob-appeal department and men's specialty stores, designers have spread their fashion wings in recent years by linking up with such giants as Sears, Roebuck & Co. and J.C. Penney Co. Some ...

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