Glasnost Fit to Be a Tie

Leave it to President Bush. He wore the tie. Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev didn’t. For the final day of the Malta summit conference, Bush donned the glasnost tie that he and Gorbachev received as presents last year. The bit of blue sartorial splendor--patterned with U. S. and Soviet flags and the Dove of Peace--came from Tie Rack, a London-based company with 42 stores in the United States, including seven in California. Ordinary men who want some glasnost on their chests can buy the tie for $21--and be happy knowing all proceeds will go to the Cancer Relief MacMillan Fund in England.

Give and Get a Discount

It’s give and get at the Shauna Stein boutique in the Beverly Center. Between now and Christmas Eve, any customer who brings in a suitable garment for a needy or homeless person will have $50 taken off a purchase of $150 or more. In the past few days, customers have responded with more than 100 items for women, but assistant manager Roberta Ross says clothing for men and children is also needed. All the wearables will be distributed by Hope-Net, an organization serving churches and synagogues in the mid-Wilshire area. Warm garments and clothing appropriate for job interviews are considered ideal donations.

One Size Truly Fits All

Just how much will a one-size-fits-all dress stretch? A short, purple velvet, holiday frock from English designer Isabel Martin managed to span 33 years. Fifty-one-year-old Jane Fonda and 18-year-old Jamie Luner from ABC’s “The Ten of Us” bought identical dresses recently at the new Tanjee Fine Clothing store in Studio City. Now the question is: Does this fashion feat say a lot for Martin’s talent? The sophistication of a TV teen? Or the fitness of Fonda?

Glitz Fit for Food Fights

The clothes will be glitzy, glamorous, funny and food-proof when Julie Andrews and Carol Burnett stage their TV reunion Wednesday. Bob Mackie has designed the costumes for the hourlong ABC special, and they sound like some of his Hollywood best. In one rap number, the duo appears in matching black satin suits. They then strip down to long-sleeve, fringed and beaded V-neck sweaters and sheer black stockings. For a tea party that turns into a food fight, the two wear voluminous ball gowns, which Mackie wisely made of washable polyester-organza “so the hurled chocolate and whipped-cream dollops would wash out easily,” we hear.

Never a Repeat

How does Karen Kane, a Los Angeles clothing company, manage to supply a different outfit everyday for TV personality Tawny Little? “It’s not easy,” concedes Kathy Hill, the company’s national sales manager. But so far so good. Little has yet to wear the same thing twice on KABC’s morning show, “AM Los Angeles.” And it’s not as if she had the entire Karen Kane line of sportswear and dresses to choose from. According to Hill, the talk-show host has some definite preferences: fitted, sophisticated clothing (nothing loose or baggy for her), plenty of color (she will wear black but would rather not) and skirts that hit above the knee.