Word: appareled
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...shock for me. After spending four years of high school attending University of Michigan football games, I had an expectation of what the “student section” at games should look, sound and smell like. A college football game meant crowds of students in insignia apparel standing up to watch the crucial moments, constant cheering, the ringing of keys and the smell of sweat and alcohol permeating the air. A typical Harvard game attracts a sprinkling of undergrads in H-Club t-shirts, clumps of inattentive student spectators engaged in side-conversations and the sporadic patter...
...equitable relationships. She acknowledges that “a growing number of young people critique their generation’s slavish devotion to Abercrombie, North Face and Calvin, preferring the thrift shop aesthetic.” But clothing has many aesthetic, social and political dimensions, and Schor emphasizes that apparel shouldn’t be trivialized. “Don’t reject consumption,” she said to the crowd in the fiction section. As for clothes, Schor quips ironically: “We’re not materialistic enough because we discard them...
...fashion problem highlight treating clothes as “pets”: loving our favorite sweater as we love Fido, spoiling it with attention and taking responsibility for its well-being. Americans should demand better-quality tailoring and versatility, moving from cheap and plentiful to more rare and valuable apparel. Moreover, Schor argues that small-scale design shops with customized production offer an alternative to Nike-style employment arrangements...
...such a big fan of the program,” Rose said, who wore a blazer and t-shirt rather than his native Hawaiian apparel, to the dismay of Fitzpatrick. “I felt so lucky for being a part of it and Fitzy, as always, was hilarious...
...Navy and Disney have opened busy stores in Harlem--the historic African-American neighborhood in upper Manhattan that is enjoying a rebirth following a decades-long economic slump. Last month H&M (Hennes & Mauritz), the Swedish chain that specializes in reasonably priced but trendy fashions, became the first foreign apparel retailer to join the migration north from midtown. Says Karen Belva, an H&M spokeswoman: "We're new to the U.S., and to be part of something that's up-and-coming is good for us, imagewise. And our prices are a good fit for the area...