Word: aristocratic
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...first task was to craft a pair of riding boots for Douglas Fairbanks Sr. in The Thief of Baghdad. Today his legendary house has teamed up with director Baz Luhrmann and costume designer Catherine Martin to create a wardrobe of shoes for Nicole Kidman's character, a 1940s aristocrat, in the Outback epic Australia. Watch for the ruched red-velvet evening sandals and, yes, riding boots...
...physical awkwardness and painful taciturnity never begs either for laughs or for sympathy. He is, to borrow the title of a touchstone modernist novel, a man without qualities, a creature who might fall over were he not propped up by the invisible scaffolding of tradition, manners and his aristocrat's utterly unexamined sense of perfect entitlement. He doesn't have to think because no one has ever asked him to, and sometimes you see in this performance a dim, sad restlessness, a desire to rectify than condition, that he cannot manage...
...hand, to celebrate the beknighting of Corey M. Rennell ’07-’08 to the Principality of Sealand, a micronation off the coast of England. They did not attend the fancy dress festivities on Club duty, but were instead there as friends of the new aristocrat. “They are cool dudes,” Rennell said while dancing, turkey leg in hand, in a costume reminiscent of King Henry VIII. However, the fun atmosphere of the party seemed to sum up the club’s circus philosophy. “It?...
...century provincial governor Taira no Kanemori ("Though I try to keep it secret,/ my deep love/ shows in the blush on my face./ Others keep asking me/ - Who are you thinking of?"). We recall the first rush of our own romances upon reading the 10th century aristocrat Fujiwara no Yoshitaka ("I always thought/ I would give my life/ to meet you only once,/ but now, having spent a night/ with you, I wish that I may/ go on living forever"). And we sympathize with the 9th century court poet Ki no Tsurayuki, who takes refuge in happier memories when...
...with the creativity of his dishes, like razor clams with coconut foam. The result is an Alice in Wonderland fantasy in which Hayon has made everything from the chandeliers and reception desk to the columns and doorknobs. Best of all, you don't need to be a Spanish aristocrat to eat there...