Her face, entirely exposed, bore an indolent and haughty look
that hadn't been seen for years. The new, impoverished dress represented a
repudiation of everything Hyperion bad stotxl for. At the same time, within tbe
culture ofthe liberated dress, it struck a radical note. Women hesitated; here
and there, in a spirit of daring, someone appeared at a party dressed in the
new style. One day, as if by secret agreement, the fashion was everywhere. The
monstrous old dresses drifted into attics, where young girls, climbing the
stairs in search of an abandoned doUhouse or a pair of skates, came upon
something looming against the rafters and stopped uneasily before continuing on
their way. At dinner parties and family gatherings, people recalled the old
style with amusement and affectionate embarrassment, as one might rememher an
episode of drunkenness. In memory the dresses became more vivid, more remote,
until they seemed like brilliant birds rising in dark forests or like distant
sunlit towns. Meanwhile the new dresses grew a little shorter, a little longer;
slacks and blouses grew tighter, looser. One afternoon in late summer, on a
sidewalk printed with the shade of maple leaves and flickers of sun, a woman
walking with her young daughter had tbe sense that she was about to remember
something, something about a dress, but no, it was gone,sexy
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2013年5月7日星期二
One dress contained in its side a little red door
One fashion writer praised what she 76 HARPER'S MAGAZINE
/ MAY 2006 called the vanished woman and compared the enclosure dress to the development
of the boudoir, or private sitting room, in the eighteenth century house—a
secret domain in which a woman could be herself, safe from male control. A
rival journalist, ignoring women and their desires, spoke only of the new
aesthetic of costume, which at last was free to develop in the manner of
landscape painting after it had become bold enough to exile the human figure. And
indeed there now began a period of excess, of overabundant fulfillment, as if
the banishment of the face had removed some nuance of restraint still present
in the earlier collections. Inspired by Hyperion, dresses became fevered with
obscure cravings, with sudden illuminations and desolations, and threw
themselves into hopeless adventures. Restless and dissatisfied, they grew in
every direction; in some instances they exceeded the size of rooms and had to
be worn in large outdoor spaces, like back yards or public parks. The vast
lower depths of such dresses encouraged coarse speculation. It was said that
beneath those coverings, naked women coupled madly with young lovers in the
grass. One dress contained in its side a little red door, which was said to
lead to a room with a bed, a mirror, and a shaded lamp. Another dress, designed
for the wife of a software CEO, rose three stories high and was attached to tbe
back ofthe house by a covered walkway. A celebrated fashion journalist with a
fondness for historical parallels compared these developments to the fanatical
elaborations of coiffure in the late eighteenth century, when three-foot
castles of hair rose on wire supports. The new dresses were not so much worn as
entered— it was as if they wished to carry the structural qualities of fashion
to the point at which clothing began to merge witb architecture. Such excesses
were not without a touch of desperation, as if the escape of costume from the
female body had created in clothes an uncertainty, a sharp malaise. One summer
afternoon during a party at an estate in northwestern Connecticut, an unusual
immobility in the lavish dresses became apparent. Had the women taken a solemn
vow not to move.' The stationary costumes, arranged on a lawn that sloped down
to a lake, resembled a form of sculpture. Four men, bored or excited by the
motior\less women, stood before one of them, talking and drinking hard.
Suddenly two of the men bent over, grasped the heavy dress by the hem, and
lifted it violently into the air. Voices shouted, cheered. Underneath they
discovered only the lawn itself, stretching away. sexy
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the otber dresses, yanking them up, knocking them over, tearing at them with
their fingers, but the women had disappeared. Later that day they were
discovered in the kitchen of a neighbor's house, dressed in old bathrobes and
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Depending on what role you chose, I am curious about how you feel at this moment
Welcome to kindergarten at Anytown Country Day School. Come on in and pick a role. You can be the teacher, lower school head, Madeline's parent, Liam's parent, or any child sitting in the circle. Now, just settle into the moment.
It's September and it's circle time in the kindergarten classroom. Children are taking turns sharing information about who is in their families. Kids are talking about their moms, dads, brothers, sisters, pets, and grandparents. Madeline, a five-year-old with lesbian parents, says, "I have a Mommy and a Momma and a dog named Zack." A girl named Betsy asks Madeline, "How come you don't have a dad?" Madeline doesn't answer right away and another child, Liam, says, "There has to be a daddy because you need a seed." Madeline shrugs and says, "No there doesn't." The children look puzzled and turn to their teacher.
Take a deep breath. Depending on what role you chose, I am curious about how you feel at this moment. If you're the teacher, you may feel anxious about how to respond appropriately. If you're the lower school head, you may be a bit worried about how parents will react to this kind of conversation taking place in the kindergarten circle. If you're Madeline's parent, you might be holding your breath to see how all this plays out, as Madeline does not have a lot of experience explaining her family configuration to people. As Liam's parent, you may be pleased (chagrined? surprised?) at how much information he absorbed from that Nova special you watched last week, "Reproduction from Bees to Bears to Babies!" And if you're a child in the circle, you may be learning something new about different kinds of families and also wondering when snack is. yanzic0507.
2013年5月4日星期六
Yet warrior fashion is an ancient and elaborate tradition
Some people will undoubtedly consider it frivolous to mention fashion and killing in the same sentence. Yet warrior fashion is an ancient and elaborate tradition, and nowhere is it more treasured than in Africa.
During the Somali conflict last year, for example, pictures of a Somali warlord's teenage gunmen suddenly flashed onto the television screen. Dressed in faded camouflage shirts and pants, probably army castoffs, they wore long scarfs around their necks and waist cinchers (the kind women in the United States wore under dresses in the late 1950s). Where they had gotten the waist cinchers no one seemed to know, but the image of teenage boys brandishing rifles and wearing this odd, Madonnaish feminine accoutrement was terrifying, and firmly in the tradition of cross-dressing warriors in tribal Africa, Asia, and North America.
In a similar but less spectacular way, a teenage Rwandan gunman appeared on the screen recently wearing faded, obviously cast-off camouflage, a long scarf he must have made around his neck, and a beige, monklike pointy hood on his head. He flailed into camera range, somehow managing to brandish two sticks and a rifle, a crazed look in his eyes. It was a horribly stylish and most chillingly effective outfit. yanzic0504
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Fashion is generated by disparate sources, and one of the surest, is television news
Fashion is generated by disparate sources, and one of the surest, if least obvious, is television news. Between April 26, when the South African elections began, and May 6, when Nelson Mandela won, I watched the nightly news without the sound to see what sort of style elements were penetrating our psyches.
What a delight it is to report that the intricate African stylishness, an expertise with line, drapery, texture, inventiveness, and detail that outclasses that of the French, will now become more and more evident to Americans through the nattiness and taste of President Mandela.
He is so stylish! He looks handsome in Western suits and ties. And his high-collared patterned shirts, buttoned to the neck, beautifully cut, look at once monarchal and grandfatherly. The shirt he wore for an interview with Peter Jennings, with its black yoke and its black-and-gray stripes, not only was modern but also looked perfectly suited to the leopard skin and beaded crown he later donned in a bow to history.
Camouflage has been creeping into fashion in the last two years. And indeed, one of the most prevalent groups on the news recently has been the army: the South African Army, the right-wing South African Nationalist Army, the Bosnian Army, the United Nations peacekeeping forces, the Rwandan armies, the Tanzanian Army, the Haitian Army, the Israeli Army. And all of them wear the most exotic array of camouflage patterns. yanzic0504
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2013年5月3日星期五
eco-fashion, Spinning recycled goods into clothing
You are helping to protect the environment when you shop smart. Here's the latest on clothes that can make you look good and help preserve Mother Earth!
Would you like to learn how to be ecologically on point when you get dressed, just as you are when you recycle? Many companies around the country are making it really easy. In fact, your plastic soda bottle could even become your next favorite pullover!
Spinning recycled goods into fabric is one way the Green Movement has reinvented itself in the clothing industry. Plastic-bottle yarn--made into shirts, polar-fleece sweaters and knit dresses is just one product used in eco-fashions--garments produced in ways that cause as little harm to the earth as possible.
"The whole point of the eco movement in the fashion industry," according to Marylou Marsh Sanders, founder of Ecosport, "is to get rid of the need for pesticide sprays on cotton, which can later get into the skin." She adds, "If you feel tired, it may be your garment! You may feel better wearing organic cotton."
Organic-cotton clothes, the term used to define cotton grown without pesticides, were first made more than 20 years ago. Then, in the early eighties, Sally Fox bred cotton that grows naturally in brown and green, eliminating the need for dyes, which seep into our drinking water. Her company, Natural Cotton Colours, Inc., is a raw-cotton producer.
Another less toxic coloring method is laser imprinting. Jennifer Gentry, spokeswoman for Ecosport, says, "It's similar to a color-copying machine. Color is printed on release paper, which acts as an adhesive when heat from the laser prints the design on the garment."
ENVIRONMENTALLY FRESH FASHIONS
The softness of an organic-cotton cap inspired two sisters to add a new wrinkle to the Green Movement. Carole Bailey and Judyth Johnson opened The Organic Cotton Company and Such in Montclair, New Jersey, a year ago. They sell pro-Earth clothing in such colors as ivory, brown and green. While the easy-style garments are good for any body type, Johnson explains, "the look is also really flattering for larger women." The entrepreneurs have the environment in mind in even the smallest details. "Our bags, the bows on our bags and our business cards are all made from recycled paper," Bailey says. yanzic0504
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When it comes to the details of her style, this former Israeli army aide refuses to go beyond name, rank
Talented and confident (clearly), Lebenthal is candid about the extent to which family has influenced her career. After her grandfather died, her 52-year-old grandmother took charge of the muni-bond firm they had co-founded. Alexandra vividly recalls "going down to the office as a little girl and seeing this tough 4-foot-10 woman ruling the roost." From her father, who's still chairman and CEO, she has learned, among other things, "to project power by using humor a lot. I'm a young woman in a business associated with older men. I like to be up-front about it."
When it comes to the details of her style, this tall, commanding former Israeli army aide refuses to go beyond name, rank, and serial number. Her look rarely varies: short skirt, dark blazer, big jewelry. "I hope I look good, but I don't think about it," she says. "It's irrelevant." Her successful rekindling of Bain's once-hot consulting practice, she insists, is all about team building. "In the Israeli army the order was not 'Charge!' but 'Follow me,' notes Gadiesh. "At the end of the day, that's the only way to get people to come with you."
The Mail Room. William Morris Agency Beverly Hills. JAMES HALJUN, 24. Trainee music division. Jacket by Gruppo di Capi, T-shirt by Calvin Klein, shoes by Bedford-Stu. JEFFERY KOLODNY, 31. Trainee television division. Suit by Calvin Klein, shirt by Faconnable with a Donna Karan tie, shoes from Kenneth Cole. APRIL LIM, 22. Trainee film division. Jacket by Mark Eisen, skirt by Giorgio Armani, shoes by Ann Taylor.
The next Geffen, Diller, and Ovitz? Incubated in the same talent agency mail room that hatched those three Big Birds, these trainees strive to replicate the look of their bosses. "Even when I was carrying this huge bin of mail," says Lim, "I'm dressed, like, in a suit." Haljun's division is a different world: "In the music business, if I wore a suit I'd be ridiculed for not being artist-focused." Pick your poison. As TV trainee Kolodny puts it, "You want to be an agent, you dress like an agent." yanzic0504
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