Fashion Enforcer
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Curious Jorge, who claims to be a longtime watcher of club couture, believes that most fashion problems begin in the suburbs. “Thursday nights are OK in most of the clubs,” he observes, “because most of the crowd is from the city; but Friday and Saturday nights are the worst because of the suburban influx.” Hair apparently is a big problem out there beyond the city limits. Curious Jorge recently issued tickets to a couple of suburban girls sporting what he considered heads of unacceptably permed and sprayed blond hair. Those least likely to be cited for fashion violations, says Jorge, are those who know how to dress with a sense of humor. The Fashion Patrol chief himself, for example, recently arrived at a club in a “Congoleum” shirt made of pieces of kitchen floor tiles. “It was a spur-of-the-moment choice,” Jorge confesses. “It took about 15 minutes to staple together the flooring. I normally spend about three hours a day thinking about what I’m going to wear out to the clubs that evening.”
Bernard Sahlins and partner Pam Marsden, who have formed a consulting business called Theatre Resources, have signed on as consultants at Court Theatre under a one-year contract with a 30-day termination clause. Last Saturday the Court Theatre board of directors approved the plan–heartily endorsed by Nick Rudall, who has just been elevated from artistic director to executive director–to bring Sahlins and Marsden on board to consult on a number of matters ranging from audience development to staff activities to funding support. Terms call for Sahlins and Marsden to work with Court 20 hours a week for a fee of $2,000 a month. Though some board members apparently abstained from voting on the contract, Rudall is getting what he wants. “He feels he needs Bernie as a consultant,” says one board member.
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