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Article: Flip-flops are giving summer trends a dressing down
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- International Herald Tribune
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- July 6, 2006
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Sharon Waxman
International Herald Tribune
07-06-2006
It was only recently that Donald De Line, a leading Hollywood producer and a keen observer of local trends, noted the onslaught of nearly naked feet, and not just on women. Suddenly, flip-flops those slabs of rubber with V-shaped slivers between the toes are ubiquitous in what were once dressed-up settings. ''I was meeting with a director and a writer on a project, and they both were wearing flip-flops,'' said De Line, parking his pristine Mustang at the premiere party for ''Superman Returns'' at a Westwood theater. He was wearing Vans, shoes designed for skateboarders. He added: ''I noticed, because that is definitely a new level of ...