People: Jul. 2, 1984

If you've got it, merchandise it. Christie Brinkley, 29, has and she does. Last year there was a striking swimsuit poster and calendar. The supermodel has also decided to take an active role in creating the clothes that she wears so well. Last week Brinkley was in Manhattan at the gala "label cutting" for her own Russ Togs line of swim and sport clothes due in department stores this fall. Wearing a man's pajama shirt and secondhand tuxedo jacket plus knit cotton pants she designed herself, Brinkley wants "to design clothes that are comfortable....

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