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This time around, gold-medal brands such as Gucci and Dolce & Gabbana squared off against more stealthy competitors such as Jil Sander and Bottega Veneta in a duel of trends that pitted the ultrasexy look of the '80s against the sober minimalism of the '90s. Sex vs. sobriety is an age-old Milanese rivalry--one that goes back to the early days of Italian ready-to-wear when Giorgio Armani stood on one side of the fashion ring with his sleek, pared-down pantsuits and Gianni Versace fought back with high-octane glamour and glitz. More recently, in the late...
...designer or a brand to the top of fashion's scoreboard. This time around, gold-medal brands such as Gucci and Dolce & Gabbana squared off against more stealthy competitors such as Jil Sander and Bottega Veneta in a duel of trends that pitted the ultrasexy look of the '80s against the sober minimalism of the '90s. Sex vs. sobriety is an age-old Milanese rivalry - one that goes back to the early days of Italian ready-to-wear when Giorgio Armani stood on one side of the fashion ring with his sleek, pared-down pantsuits and Gianni Versace fought back...
...don’t know about that, no... I think that technology really does have the power to do a lot of harm or a lot of good; the hot can be just as hot, the cold can be just as cool. In the ‘80s they had the luxury of writing about computers as metaphors. Today you have to be pretty memetic and rigorous about your computers; a substantial fraction of your audience will call you on it if you have cyberspace decks that are capable of shredding your brain because no one’s thought...
...never remained static. When the late bbc DJ John Peel described their last Glastonbury Festival performance as "surprisingly muscular," he was observing the gradual transformation of a band often relegated to the "twee" genre - music so light and self-referential that it almost shattered upon listening - of the late '80s. The surprise choice of Trevor Horn (the ex-Buggle who also produced Frankie Goes to Hollywood and t.A.T.u.) as producer on the last album, the brilliant Dear Catastrophe Waitress, was a play to reach beyond the sensitive librarian stereotype, even at the risk of alienating hard-core fans, some...
...even large buildings could be reduced"). The novel's ultimate theme, though, is the damage that war inflicts beyond the front lines, the way that it scars the personalities even of civilians. It's an impressive departure for Waters. Born in Wales, she arrived in London in the late '80s armed with an M.A. in English Literature, and spent a couple of years working in a bookshop and libraries in order to "stay close to books." She developed an interest in lesbian and gay genre fiction, and completed a Ph.D. on gay and lesbian historical fiction. Her associated research into...