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David Beckerman decided he was done peddling plaid golf pants. The 1966 University of New Haven graduate had been a salesman at a Duckster sporting goods store when he realized that the bland clothing on the racks held little interest for casual sports fa

Jake Rossen
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A print originally designed to help predators blend in has gone from high-fashion to low-class, then back again.

Ilise S. Carter