FASHION EXPERT: `SANTA NEEDS A MAKE-OVER'

FASHION EXPERT: `SANTA NEEDS A MAKE-OVER'

NEW YORK (Wireless Flash) -- Good old St. Nick needs to get a new look -- and a men's fashion expert has some suggestions. Mark-Evan Blackman -- who teaches menswear design at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York -- thinks the jolly old elf should start by updating his tired long locks and getting a Marines-style buzz cut which should "butch Santa up." However, Blackman also thinks Santa should shave off his beard and get a pencil-thin mustache like Clark Gable. As for the clothing, Blackman recommends St. Nick trade in his fur-trimmed jacket for a red flannel shirt and plush wool jacket with plenty of pockets to hold his lists of who's been naughty and nice.