GROOVY BABY! AUSTIN POWERS FASHION TO MAKE A SPLASH

GROOVY BABY! AUSTIN POWERS FASHION TO MAKE A SPLASH

LOS ANGELES (Wireless Flash) -- Most guys wouldn't want to resemble goofy Austin Powers, but a fashion expert is predicting plenty of people will be copying his shagadelic clothing. Designer Malcolm Levene -- who got his start in the swinging '60s fashion mecca of London's Carnaby Street -- predicts the new "Austin Powers" flick will create an interest in tight-fitting, wildly-colored clothing. Levene says modern-day men will mimic the Powers style by picking up brightly-patterned flowered shirts, velvet hip-huggers and Mod-style boots. The tacky male sex symbol necklace that Powers wears should also be popular. Women won't be left out in the retro-fashion fun. Levene predicts the ladies will go nuts for 1960s-style crocheted mini-dresses, high go-go boots and plastic mini-skirts.

CONTACT: Malcolm Levene, ****; Arrange with Tom Brennan; LA; (310) 207-6615