The Invasion of the Chemise It wasn’t what you’d call an enduring fashion trend, but the introduction of the chemise—aka the ‘sack dress’—was a sensation. Parisian designer Givenchy ...

Like such other top designers as Guy Laroche, Jean Dessės and Lanvin-Castillo, who showed their wares last week, Saint-Laurent has gone to work on the billowy, knee-hobbling chemise-sack dress ...

From Manhattan’s cluttered Seventh Avenue, hub of the $5 billion women’s garment industry, came a pronouncement last week: the sack is dead, and the chemise is so changed it will hardly be ...