In 1978 she sold her entire inventory of wrap dresses after steep discounting at New York retailers prompted fashion bible "Women's Wear Daily" to declare that the trend for wrap dresses was over.

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The fashion industry may not have noticed, but these statistics have brought about a new fashion trend: work-at-home wear.

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It started with office wear then it quickly evolved to include more on-trend pieces, the kind that would sit nicely at New York Fashion Week.

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