Jackets

Three Umbro jackets were stolen from a Dakota Sports store in the 500 block of Ritchie Highway Monday night after someone threw a cinder block through the store's plate glass window, police said.The jackets were worth $240 and had been hanging on a rack by the window. Damage to the window was estimated at $900, police said.Police went to the store in the Park Plaza after the alarm sounded about 9:30 p.m. Officers searched the area, but could not find a suspect, police said.POLICE LOG* Shipleys Choice :Someone stole golf clubs and golf clothes worth more than $3,000 from a garage in the 500 block of Whitehorse Court sometime Monday or Tuesday, police said.

Police made arrests Sunday in their investigation of two recent incidents in which youths attacked other juveniles and stole their starter sports jackets.A 16-year-old North Laurel youth and a 16-year-old Highland youth were charged in the first attack, on Centennial Lane in Ellicott City, police said.A 15-year-old North Laurel youth was charged in that incident and in a later attack on Whiskey Bottom Road in North Laurel.Police say they recovered the jackets and charged the youths with robbery.

Is anyone actually buying those baby doll dresses? Or those see-through blouses and show-every-bulge catsuits? And are professional women really going to wear shorts to the office?Designers and retailers may predict big hits for the coming season, but consumers don't always cooperate. Sometimes a fad just fades or, other times, an idea may take a season or two to catch on.Above-the-knee skirts have been promoted in magazines and on the runways for close to five years, but it's only this spring that women have begun buying them in any real quantity (just as designers decide to confuse the issue and announce a desire to try longer skirts since short is starting to look, oh, just a trifle boring to them these days)

COLLEGE PARK -- It does not have a nickname, nor much of a national reputation. But if the Georgia Tech defense keeps up the way it has played so far this season, the unit is bound to get both.Though Maryland managed to do something against Georgia Tech that nobody had done in three previous games -- score against the defense -- the Yellow Jackets came out of Byrd Stadium yesterday relatively unscathed.But the points proved pretty meaningless: a first-half field goal as Georgia Tech was building up a comfortable lead en route to a convincing, 31-3 victory.

Q: I'm a businesswoman. Over the years I've collected jackets and suits for work. They all have wide shoulders.Now with the narrow waif look in fashion, wide shoulders and even shoulder pads are out. What do I look for when I go shopping?A: It's true, jacket shapes are changing. Shoulders are becoming softer and narrower, but we still have choices.The master of the tailored suit, Milan's Giorgio Armani, tells me that he believes in the contrast between softness and structure rather than in a particular shape.

County prosecutors are taking a tough stand against juveniles who rob other youths of their Starter athletic jackets.Instead of handling the cases informally through police or the department of juvenile services, the state's attorney's office says it will take suspected delinquents to court. "We are going to be taking it seriously," said Bobbie Fine, an assistant state's attorney who handles juvenile cases. "Maybe they'll think twice now that they're not going to be getting away with it."We don't want this going on in Howard County.

180s may be best known for making clothing that adapts to an athlete's changing body temperature, but now the company is using its technology to outfit America's troops. The Baltimore-based company has won an $8.1 million contract, with options that could bring the total deal to $42.7 million, to make combat desert jackets for the Marine Corps. The contract calls for 180s to make more than 60,000 jackets in the first year. 180s officials said they couldn't talk in detail about the design because of Department of Defense confidentiality rules.

In the face of citywide budget cuts and planned layoffs, the Baltimore Police Department has shelved a plan to spend as much as $900,000 on black leather jackets for its 3,000-plus sworn officers. Commissioner Edward T. Norris and a number of patrol officers tested different models of leather jackets during the winter. And in the past week, top police and union officials said in interviews they believed Norris was leaning toward making a first order for jackets this year as an image-enhancer for the force.

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At first, I blamed my deeply discounted flat-screen TV. Then, I cursed my geriatric eyes. But no, independent analysis Sunday night confirmed that Ravens coach John Harbaugh and his staff were decked out in lavender jackets. Not deep, royal Ravens purple, a perfect complement to the rich, menacing Ravens black - colors that say "football" in these parts. Nope, lavender. As in "lavender blue, dilly dilly," a stupid lyric they made us learn in grade school that never made sense until I saw the Ravens' brain trust looking like a fan club for Tinky Winky Teletubby.