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Huge Buzz Surrounds Designer Liz Lange's Maternity Wear
Aired September 11, 2001 - 08:42 ET
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CAROL LIN, CNN ANCHOR: Leather, lace, and everything in between, it is all moving down the catwalk at Fashion Week in New York, and CNN's Gale O'Neill has been braving the crowds to see what some of us, at least, are going to be wearing, maybe the most pregnant of us.
Good morning, Gale?
GALE O'NEILL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning, Carol.
I'll tell you, this is the biggest media crush I've seen so far, and it's all over maternity wear. I'm backstage at the Liz Lange maternity show, and it's rock and roll back here; we have media from all over the world, there's been huge buzz surrounding the show. Personally, I'm most excited about this show.
Here we have the designer, Liz Lange herself, and several of her models, who you can see are actually with child, very pregnant.
Liz, tell me why is it so important for women to shop for this very small window of their lives.
LIZ LANGE, MATERNITY WEAR DESIGNER: Because, you know what, it's not such a small window; it's nine months and then it's a few months when you're trying to get your body back. You know, you're talking about almost a year. Why would a woman want to take a year off of looking fashionable, feeling pretty, feeling great, feeling sexy? She needs to celebrate this time.
O'NEILL: Tell me what womens' pet -- well, actually, I'm going to ask a pregnant woman.
What has your pet peeve been when shopping for maternity wear?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: I think finding something that fits well. You know, when you are not pregnant you're always looking for something that fits the body, then when you are pregnant all of a sudden everything's huge everywhere. And you really only need huge in a few areas, and that's why Liz Lange has done such a great job to make it hip and chic. And, you know, your life continues. You know, this whole year you still have to work, you have to work out. You know, I'm a professional tennis player, and Liz Lange created a line for Nike and it's so fantastic because I can keep doing my aerobic, my yoga and tennis.
O'NEILL: And looking good while you're doing it.
Now, tell me, how do women feel when they're wearing maternity clothes that are tent-like, with the Peter Pan collars?
How does that fly?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: It doesn't actually. Liz Lange's clothing fly because they complement the body, your skin, and there is no -- there's never-ending when you can look younger. You can be 30 and look younger, you can be 40, it doesn't matter, and here we are.
O'NEILL: And you don't mind hiding -- or you don't want to hide anything, do you?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: No, I love showing it off. I think it's beautiful. I feel really grateful and lucky that, you know, I don't have to go through what my mother went through. She kind of had to hide out at home in a tent. I can just walk around and show it off. And people, especially New Yorkers, they really like it. I get so many comments and smiles on the street, and It's really nice.
O'NEILL: Well, I have a feeling they're smiling back in Atlanta.
Liz, ladies thank you very much.
I am so excite about this show.
Back to you, Carol.
LIN: Gale, can you take some of these clothes after you're pregnant and tailor them down so you can where them on any old day?
O'NEILL: Absolutely.
Carol wants to know if you can wear the clothes only when you're pregnant, or can you wear it after?
I would wear that dress tomorrow.
LANGE: Absolutely, you can wear these clothes afterwards.
Case in point, I had a baby 11 months ago, I'm in my own Liz Lange knit top. I expect these girls to wear these clothes afterwards. They stretch with you when you're pregnant and they stretch right back when you're not. So everything should be great.
O'NEILL: And, Carol, they are colorful, they're contemporary. There's nothing Wilma Flintstone about them.
LIN: Not at all.
O'NEILL: I love Lucy, but we don't want to look like that any more when we're pregnant.
LIN: All right, this is New York City you're talking about, do people actually walk down the streets like the woman in the black and white top?
O'NEILL: Do woman actually walk down the street like you in New York City?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: Well, I have. My husband tells me to put more clothes on, but I do it, you know, when I feel comfortable, not, you know, in crowded, crowded places. But I think it's great.
O'NEILL: You know what, she actually said to me earlier that she's a little bit shy. And I said, you're shy and you're going on TV in front of millions of people and walking down this runway. She's not shy about walking down a runway, but very shy about doing this in New York City. You know, go figure.
LIN: Yes. I can tell how shy she is.
All right, thanks so much, Gale.
O'NEILL: Thank you.
LIN: Gale O'Neill from Fashion Week in New York.
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